## Background: Prenatal exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (edcs) are suspected risk factors in the etiology of hypospadias. the aim of this case-control study was to test the hypothesis of an association between maternal environmental exposures to edcs and hypospadias in the offspring. #
Hypospadias and maternal exposures to cigarette smoke
β Scribed by Suzan L. Carmichael; Gary M. Shaw; Cecile Laurent; Edward J. Lammer; Richard S. Olney; The National Birth Defects Prevention Study
- Book ID
- 110852976
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0269-5022
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