Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure, diabetes and endogenous hormones: A cross-sectional study in men previously employed at a capacitor manufacturing plant

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Persky, Victoria ^a   Piorkowski, Julie ^a   Turyk, Mary ^a   Freels, Sally ^a   Chatterton, Robert ^b   Dimos, John ^a   Bradlow, H Leon ^c   Chary, Lin Kaatz ^a   Burse, Virlyn ^d   Unterman, Terry ^e,f   Sepkovic, Daniel W ^c   McCann, Kenneth ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^f JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitor; Diabetes; Employees; Hormones; PCB; Plant

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

AGE CLASS; DIABETES; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE; LIPID; MANUFACTURING; MENS HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 84866386602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-57     Document Type: Article

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