Prenatal and early life exposure to polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and biphenyls may influence dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels at prepubertal age: Results from the duisburg birth cohort study

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 19-20, 2012, Pages 1232-1240

  Rennert, Annette ^a   Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^a   Kasper Sonnenberg, Monika ^a   Binder, Gerhard ^b   Fürst, Peter ^c   Cramer, Claudia ^d   Krämer, Ursula ^d   Wilhelm, Michael ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^c Chemical and Veterinary Analytical Institute Mnsterland Emscher Lippe   (Germany)

^d IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENARCHE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FURANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84866707726     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.709375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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