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Association between levels of persistent organic pollutants in adipose tissue and cryptorchidism in early childhood: a case–control study

BACKGROUND: Congenital cryptorchidism, i.e. failure of the testicular descent to the bottom of the scrotum, is a common birth defect. The evidence from epidemiological, wildlife, and animal studies suggests that exposure to mixtures of endocrine disrupting chemicals during fetal development may play...

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Autores principales: Koskenniemi, Jaakko J., Virtanen, Helena E., Kiviranta, Hannu, Damgaard, Ida N., Matomäki, Jaakko, Thorup, Jørgen M., Hurme, Timo, Skakkebaek, Niels E., Main, Katharina M., Toppari, Jorma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26403566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-015-0065-0