Open AccessDioxin and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations in Mother's Serum and the Timing of Pubertal Onset in Sons
Author(s) -
Olivier Humblet,
Paige L. Williams,
Susan Korrick,
Oleg Sergeyev,
Claude Emond,
Linda S. Birnbaum,
Jane S. Burns,
Larisa Altshul,
Donald G. Patterson,
Wayman E. Turner,
Mary Lee,
Boris Revich,
Russ Hauser
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e318230b0d1
Subject(s) - polychlorinated biphenyl , quartile , hazard ratio , confidence interval , medicine , physiology , cohort , proportional hazards model , endocrinology , testosterone (patch) , chemistry , environmental chemistry
Animal studies have demonstrated that timing of pubertal onset can be altered by prenatal exposure to dioxins or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), but studies of human populations have been quite limited.