Phthalate Exposure and Precocious Puberty in Females

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-225

  Lomenick, Jefferson P ^a   Calafat, Antonia M ^b   Melguizo Castro, Maria S ^a   Mier, Richard ^a   Stenger, Peggy ^c   Foster, Michael B ^d   Wintergerst, Kupper A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74649085707     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.09.047     Document Type: Article

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