Behavioral sexual dimorphism in school-age children and early developmental exposure to dioxins and PCBs: A follow-up study of the duisburg cohort

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 292-298

  Winneke, Gerhard ^a   Ranft, Ulrich ^b   Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^c   Kasper Sonnenberg, Monika ^c   Fürst, Peter ^d   Krämer, Ursula ^b   Seitner, Gabriele ^b   Wilhelm, Michael ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d Chemical and Veterinary Analytical Institute Muensterland Emscher Lippe   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIOR; BENZOFURANS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84895100572     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1306533     Document Type: Article

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