Serum Dioxin Concentrations and Menstrual Cycle Characteristics
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Serum dioxin concentrations and menstrual cycle characteristics.
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a widespread industrial environmental contaminant. Animal studies suggest that TCDD exposure alters the estrus cycle. Twenty years after a 1976 industrial explosion in Seveso, Italy, the authors interviewed female residents to determine whether there was an association between TCDD exposure and current menstrual cycle characteristics. The authors an...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0002-9262
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf046