Identification of phthalate esters in the serum of young Puerto Rican girls with premature breast development

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 895-900

  Colón, Ivelisse ^a   Caro, Doris ^a   Bourdony, Carlos J ^b,c   Rosario, Osvaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b San Juan City Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Phthalate esters; Premature thelarche

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; POLLUTANT; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICO; SERUM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033767327     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108895     Document Type: Article

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