Open AccessAssociation between Lead and Cadmium and Reproductive Hormones in Peripubertal U.S. Girls
Author(s) -
Audra L. Gollenberg,
Mary L. Hediger,
Peter A. Lee,
John H. Himes,
Germaine M. Buck Louis
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1001943
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , luteinizing hormone , liter , odds ratio , endocrinology , urine , confidence interval , hormone , medicine , biology , population , environmental health
Lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) are known reproductive toxicants thought to disrupt hormone production throughout sensitive developmental windows, although this has not been previously examined in nationally representative peripubertal children.
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