Bisphenol A: Invisible pollution

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 524-529

  Groff, Tricia ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bisphenol A; endocrine disruption; environmental exposures

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIVER METABOLISM; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC BOTTLE; POLLUTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEACHING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77955229220     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833b03f8     Document Type: Review

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