Persistent organic pollutants and endometriosis: Importance of biologic media for defining exposure - the endo study

Louis GMB, Peterson CM, Croughan MS, Chen Z, Sundaram R, Hediger ML, Stanford JB, Varner MW, Giudice LC, Fujimoto VY, Parsons PJ, Kannan K

doi:10.1289/isee.2011.01399

Persistent organic pollutants and endometriosis: Importance of biologic media for defining exposure - the endo study

Germaine M Buck Louis, Zhian Chen, Linda C Giudice, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Patrick J Parsons, C Matthew Peterson, Joseph B Stanford, Rajeshwari Sundaram, Michael W Varner, Mary Croughan, Mary Hediger, Victor Fujimoto, Kannan Kurunthachalam

Author affiliations (6)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ROR
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University ROR
Stanford Medicine ROR
New York State Department of Health ROR
University at Albany, State University of New York ROR
University of Utah ROR

ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2011(1), 2011

DOI 10.1289/isee.2011.01399 Source

Abstract

Background and

Aims

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been associated with endometriosis, though with equivocal results possibly reflecting choice of biospecimen. We sought to assess this ...

Topics

Endometriosis > Etiology > Environmental Toxicants and POPs Endometriosis > Epidemiology > Exposure Assessment Methodology Diagnostics > Biomarkers > Environmental Pollutant Biospecimen Selection

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DOI 10.1289/isee.2011.01399 10.1289/isee.2011.01399

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Louis, G. B., Peterson, C. M., Croughan, M., Chen, Z., Sundaram, R., Hediger, M., Stanford, J., Varner, M., Giudice, L., Fujimoto, V., Parsons, P., & Kurunthachalam, K. (2011). Persistent organic pollutants and endometriosis: Importance of biologic media for defining exposure - the endo study. *ISEE Conference Abstracts*, *2011*(1). https://doi.org/10.1289/isee.2011.01399