Meeting report: Measuring endocrine-sensitive endpoints within the first years of life

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 948-951

  Arbuckle, Tye E ^a   Hauser, Russ ^b   Swan, Shanna H ^c   Mao, Catherine S ^d   Longnecker, Matthew P ^e   Main, Katharina M ^f   Whyatt, Robin M ^g   Mendola, Pauline ^h   Legrand, Melissa ^a   Rovet, Joanne ⁱ   Till, Christine ⁱ   Wade, Mike ^a   Jarrell, John ^j   Matthews, Stephen ^k   Van Vliet, Guy ^l   Bornehag, Carl Gustaf ^m   Mieusset, Roger ⁿ  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^m TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁿ University of Male Sterility Center   (France)

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Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Anthropometry; Endocrine disruptors; Genital exam; Hormones; Infants; Measurement; Neurodevelopment; Reproductive tract development; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EUROPE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STANDARDIZATION; TESTIS SIZE; THIGH; THYROID FUNCTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; WORKSHOP;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREAST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 46749093406     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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