Estimated daily phthalate exposures in a population of mothers of male infants exhibiting reduced anogenital distance

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 805-809

  Marsee, Kevin ^a   Woodruff, Tracey J ^b,e   Axelrad, Daniel A ^b   Calafat, Antonia M ^c   Swan, Shanna H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Butylbenzyl phthalate; Di(2 ethylhexyl) phathalate; Diburtyl phthalate; Diethy phthalate; Diisobutyl phthlate; Exposure estimates; Reference dose

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

ADULT; ANUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLITE; MOTHER; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745037694     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8663     Document Type: Note

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