Prenatal bisphenol A exposure and early childhood behavior

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1945-1952

  Braun, Joe M ^a   Yolton, Kimberly ^b   Dietrich, Kim N ^c   Hornung, Richard ^b   Ye, Xiaoyun ^d   Calafat, Antonia M ^d   Lanphear, Bruce P ^b,e  

^a IL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Children; Endocrine; Epidemiology; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 75349095250     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900979     Document Type: Article

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