Effects of pesticides used in agriculture on the development of precocious puberty

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4223-4232

  Ozen, Samim ^a   Darcan, Sukran ^a   Bayindir, Petek ^a   Karasulu, Ercument ^b   Simsek, Damla Goksen ^a   Gurler, Tahir ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Environmental endocrine disruptors; Pesticides; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LONG AXIS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SULPHATES; UNDERLYING CAUSE; VINCLOZOLIN;

BODY FLUIDS; CULTIVATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; NUTRITION; PESTICIDES; TISSUE;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,4 DIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOSULPHAN ALPHA; ENDOSULPHAN BETA; ENDOSULPHAN SULPHATE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHOXYCHLOR; PESTICIDE; TRICHLOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCLOZOLIN;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; OBESITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SERUM;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE LEVEL; UTERUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHOXYCHLOR; OXAZOLES; PESTICIDES; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84864845214     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2257-6     Document Type: Article

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