Dioxins and cryptorchidism

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Dioxins and cryptorchidism focus on a hypothesis that dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs could cause cryptorchidism in newborn boys. There are previous studies about cryptorchidism and flame retardants.[1], and infertility and PCDDs in adult men.[2]

See also

Keywords

PCDD/F, TCDD, PCB, cryptorchidism

References

  1. Main KM, Kiviranta H, Virtanen HE, Sundqvist E, Tuomisto JT, Tuomisto J, Vartiainen T, Skakkebaek NE, Toppari J. Flame retardants in placenta and breast milk and cryptorchidism in newborn boys. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Oct;115(10):1519-26. [1]
  2. Cok I, Donmez MK, Satiroğlu MH, Aydinuraz B, Henkelmann B, Shen H, Kotalik J, Schramm KW. Concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dioxin-like PCBs in adipose tissue of infertile men. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2008 Jul;55(1):143-52. Epub 2008 Jan 1. [2]

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