Association between organic dietary choice during pregnancy and hypospadias in offspring: A study of mothers of 306 boys operated on for hypospadias

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1077-1082

  Christensen, Jeppe Schultz ^a   Asklund, Camilla ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Andersen, Helle Raun ^b   Jørgensen, Troels Munch ^c   Olsen, Lars Henning ^c   Høyer, Anette Pernille ^d   Moesgaard, Jan ^a   Thorup, Jørgen ^a   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

diet; food; hypospadias; maternal exposure; organic; pesticides

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT VEGETABLE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAT; MILK; NEWBORN; ORGANIC FOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DENMARK; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 84873733517     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.09.116     Document Type: Article

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