In utero exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds and anogenital distance in newborns and infants

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-130

  Vafeiadi, Marina ^a,b,c,d   Agramunt, Silvia ^a,b,e   Papadopoulou, Eleni ^a,b,c,d,f   Besselink, Harrie ^g   Mathianaki, Kleopatra ^h   Karakosta, Polyxeni ^h   Spanaki, Ariana ⁱ   Koutis, Antonis ^h   Chatzi, Leda ^h   Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,f  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e Parc de Salut Mar   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^g BIODETECTION SYSTEMS B V   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

ⁱ Venizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Dioxin like compounds; Dioxins; Dr calux ; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PENIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCROTUM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; DRUG EFFECT; GENITAL SYSTEM; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; RHEA; RODENTIA;

DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872056434     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205221     Document Type: Article

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