Babies, bottles, and bisphenol A: The story of a scientist-mother

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1399-1402

  Quitmeyer, Aimee ^a   Roberts, Rebecca ^a  

^a URSINUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYCARBONATE; ESTROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

BABY; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHEMISTRY; COMPACT DISK; CONTAINER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTHER; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENTIST; THERMAL EXPOSURE; ANIMAL; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GOVERNMENT; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE FEEDING; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PHENOLS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 34547126702     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050200     Document Type: Review

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