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Dioxin-like compounds and endometriosis studied in Italian and Belgian women.
2004 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research published in the journal Toxicology Letters, "Compounds with dioxin-like toxicity are suspected to adversely affect human reproduction even at current background exposures.
"Endometriosis, a gynecological disorder often associated with infertility, has been hypothesized to be linked to dioxins and similar chemicals, a hypothesis supported by the outcome of experimental studies on animal models. Endometriosis severity and incidence in Belgium is one of the highest of the world: in this country, the general population exposure to dioxin-like compounds has been, on average, higher than in most industrialized countries," said E. Defelip and colleagues.
They conducted a pilot case-control study with 22 Italian and 18 Belgian reproductive-age women. Some had endometriosis and some didn't.
"No significant differences were found in dioxin-like compound body burdens between cases and controls on a country basis, whereas the body burdens of the Italian women were significantly ...
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