Environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): The correlation with and impact on reproductive hormones in umbilical cord serum

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 220, Issue , 2017, Pages 1429-1437

  Yin, Shanshan ^a   Tang, Mengling ^a   Chen, Fangfang ^a   Li, Tianle ^a   Liu, Weiping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Reproductive hormones; Umbilical cord serum

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; BODY FLUIDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES; UMBILICAL CORDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; HORMONE; MATERNAL HEALTH; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FETUS BLOOD; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYRENES;

EID: 85000538662     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.090     Document Type: Article

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