Tampon use, environmental chemicals and oxidative stress in the BioCycle study

• Main Authors: Jessica Singh (Author), Sunni L. Mumford (Author), Anna Z. Pollack (Author), Enrique F. Schisterman (Author), Marc G. Weisskopf (Author), Ana Navas-Acien (Author), Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tampons are used by up to 86% of US women and are a rarely considered potential source of pesticide and metal exposure. Tampons may be of particular concern given the likely higher absorption that occurs in the vagina. Our objective was to examine the potential associations betwe...