Increased serum estrogenic bioactivity in girls with premature thelarche: A marker of environmental pollutant exposure?

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 788-792

  Paris, Françoise ^a,b   Gaspari, Laura ^a,b   Servant, Nadège ^b   Philibert, Pascal ^b   Sultan, Charles ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Premature thelarche; Serum EBA

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BONE AGE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADORELIN TEST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; UTERUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84879899370     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2013.801448     Document Type: Article

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