Hypospadias in offspring is associated with chronic exposure of parents to organophosphate and organochlorine pesticides

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-145

  Michalakis, Michalis ^a   Tzatzarakis, Manolis N ^b   Kovatsi, Leda ^c   Alegakis, Athanasios K ^b   Tsakalof, Andreas K ^d   Heretis, Ioannis ^a   Tsatsakis, Aristidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blood; Children; Exposure; Hair; Hypospadias; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATHER; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTHER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; SCHOOL CHILD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; TOXICITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84902007049     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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