Association between serum levels of organochlorine pesticides and sex hormones in adults living in a heavily contaminated area in Brazil

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 370-378

  Freire, Carmen ^a,b   Koifman, Rosalina Jorge ^a   Sarcinelli, Paula Novaes ^a   Rosa, Ana Cristina Simões ^a   Clapauch, Ruth ^c   Koifman, Sergio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Estrogenic compounds; Organochlorines; Pesticides; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; O,P'-DDT; PESTICIDE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOCHLORINES; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINES; PESTICIDES; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DDT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892675179     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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