Turner WE

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2001-2008

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  • article 2

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  • endometriosis 2
2008
Dioxin exposure, from infancy through puberty, produces endocrine disruption and affects human semen quality.
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.10399

BackgroundEnvironmental toxicants are allegedly involved in decreasing semen quality in recent decades; however, definitive proof is not yet available. In 1976 an accident exposed residents in Seveso, Italy, to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-…

article 2008
Serum dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls, and endometriosis: A case-control study in Atlanta
Chemosphere ·doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.005

Endometriosis among women of reproductive age can result in pain and infertility. The objectives of this study were to test if there is a relation between endometriosis and serum dioxin concentrations as expressed by total toxic equivalence…

article 2001
Serum Levels of TCDD and Dioxin-like Chemicals in Rhesus Monkeys Chronically Exposed to Dioxin: Correlation of Increased Serum PCB Levels with Endometriosis
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology ·doi:10.1093/toxsci/59.1.147

Humans and animals are exposed daily to a complex mixture of polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAHs). Previous work has shown that exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is associated with a dose-dependent increase in …