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Persistent lipophilic environmental chemicals and endometriosis: the ENDO Study

Authors :
Louis, Germaine M. Buck
Chen, Zhen
Peterson, C. Matthew
Hediger, Mary L.
Croughan, Mary S.
Sundaram, Rajeshwari
Stanford, Joseph B.
Varner, Michael W.
Fujimoto, Victor Y.
Giudice, Linda C.
Trumble, Ann
Parsons, Patrick J.
Kannan, Kurunthachalam
Source :
Environmental Health Perspectives. June 2012, Vol. 120 Issue 6, p811, 6 p.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

BACKGROUND: An equivocal literature exists regarding the relation between persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) and endometriosis in women, with differences attributed to methodologies. OBJECTIVES: We assessed the association between POPs and [...]

Subjects

Subjects :
Diagnosis
Risk factors
Environmental aspects
Health aspects
Organic chlorine compounds -- Health aspects
Pollutants -- Health aspects
Endometriosis -- Diagnosis -- Environmental aspects -- Risk factors
Organochlorine compounds -- Health aspects

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00916765
Volume :
120
Issue :
6
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Environmental Health Perspectives
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.304320682

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