Prenatal exposures to Phthalates among women in New York and Krakow, Poland

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1719-1722

  Adibi, Jennifer J ^a   Perera, Frederica P ^a   Jedrychowski, Wieslaw ^b   Camann, David E ^c   Barr, Dana ^d   Jacek, Ryszard ^b   Whyatt, Robin M ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Exposure assessment; Internal dose; Personal air monitoring; Phthalates; Prenatal exposures; Urban; Urinary metabolites

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BUTANE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLITE; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0242539915     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6235     Document Type: Article

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