Maternal exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals and hypospadias in offspring

Felice Giordano, Annalisa Abballe, Elena De Felip, Alessandro Di Domenico, Fabio Ferro, Paola Grammatico, Anna Maria Ingelido, Valentina Marra, Giacinto Marrocco, Santiago Vallasciani,

Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology · 2010 · 95 citations · 35 references

Abstract

This study, although based on a limited number of cases, for the first time provides evidence of an association between maternal exposure to EDCs, in particular elevated plasma hexachlorobenzene concentration, and the development of hypospadias in the offspring.

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