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SUBMITTER: Namulanda G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5683171 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Environment international 20160611
<h4>Introduction</h4>Epidemiologic data supporting the role of organochlorine pesticides in pubertal development are limited.<h4>Methods</h4>Using a nested case-control design, serum collected during pregnancy from mothers of 218 girls who reported menarche before 11.5years of age (cases) and 230 girls who reported menarche at or after 11.5years of age (controls) was analyzed for 9 organochlorines and metabolites. We analyzed the association between in utero organochlorine concentrations and ear ...[more]