Decrease in anogenital distance among male infants with prenatal phthalate exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1056-1061

  Swan, Shanna H ^a   Main, Katharina M ^b   Liu, Fan ^c   Stewart, Sara L ^c   Kruse, Robin L ^c   Calafat, Antonia M ^d   Mao, Catherine S ^e   Redmon, J Bruce ^f   Ternand, Christine L ^f   Sullivan, Shannon ^g   Teague, J Lynn ^c   Drobnis, E Z ^h   Carter, B S ^h   Kelly, D ^h   Simmons, T M ^h   Wang, C ^e   Lumbreras, L ^e   Villanueva, S ^e   Diaz Romero, M ^e   Lomeli, M B ^e   Otero Salazar, E ^e   Hobel, C ⁱ   Brock, B ⁱ   Kwong, C ^j   Muehlen, A ^j   Sparks, A ^k   Wolf, A ^k   Whitham, J ^k   Hatterman Zogg, M ^k   Maifeld, M ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

ⁱ CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Benzylbutyl phthalate; Dibutyl phthalate; Diethyl phthalate; Mono n butyl phthalate; Monobenzyl phthalate; Monoethyl phthalate; Monoisobutyl phthalate; Phthalates; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

MONO N BUTYL PHTHALIC ACID; MONOBENZYL PHTHALIC ACID; MONOETHYL PHTHALIC ACID; MONOISOBUTYL PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MEASUREMENT; PENIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TESTIS DESCENT; URINALYSIS; VIRILIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 23744469802     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8100     Document Type: Article

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