Prenatal di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate exposure and length of gestation among an inner-city cohort

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Whyatt, Robin M ^a   Adibi, Jennifer J ^b   Calafat, Antonia M ^c   Camann, David E ^d   Rauh, Virgina ^a   Bhat, Hari K ^a   Perera, Frederica P ^a   Andrews, Howard ^a   Just, Allan C ^a   Hoepner, Lori ^a   Tang, Deliang ^a   Hauser, Russ ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

di(2 ethylhexyl)phthalate; Gestational age; Inner city; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLITE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIR POLLUTANTS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR ONSET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PLASTICIZERS; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 71949112281     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0325     Document Type: Article

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