Relationships of polychlorinated biphenyls and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) with testosterone levels in adolescent males

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 304-309

  Schell, Lawrence M ^a,b   Gallo, Mia V ^a   Deane, Glenn D ^a   Nelder, Kyrie R ^a   DeCaprio, Anthony P ^c   Jacobs, Agnes ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Akwesasne Mohawk Nation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1, 1 DICHLORO 2, 2 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LEAD; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84895179097     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205984     Document Type: Article

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