Bisphenol A and children's health

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-239

  Braun, Joe M ^a   Hauser, Russ ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

bisphenol A; children; epidemiology; pediatric

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AMNION FLUID; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPOSURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 79954425553     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283445675     Document Type: Review

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