Phthalates and Children's Health

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 34-49

  Sathyanarayana, Sheela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COSMETIC; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CRYPTORCHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; EYE IRRITATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PLAY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SKIN IRRITATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTIS DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MILK, HUMAN; PACIFIERS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PUBERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 38349185521     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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