Associations of Peripubertal Serum Dioxin and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations with Pubertal Timing among Russian Boys

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 124; no. 11; pp. 1801 - 1807
• Main Authors: Burns, Jane S., Lee, Mary M., Williams, Paige L., Korrick, Susan A., Sergeyev, Oleg, Lam, Thuy, Revich, Boris, Hauser, Russ
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Boys; Child; Dioxin; Dioxins - blood; Dioxins - toxicity; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Health aspects; Human physical development; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Physiological aspects; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - blood; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - toxicity; Puberty; Russia; Sexual Maturation - drug effects; Time Factors

Dioxins, furans, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxin-like and non-dioxin-like, have been linked to alterations in puberty. We examined the association of peripubertal serum levels of these compounds [and their toxic equivalents (TEQs)] with pubertal onset and maturity among Russian boys enr...