Associations between maternal phthalate exposure and cord sex hormones in human infants

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1192-1199

  Lin, Lung Cheng ^a   Wang, Shu Li ^b,c   Chang, Yu Chen ^a   Huang, Po Chin ^b   Cheng, Joan Tin ^a   Su, Pen Hua ^d,e   Liao, Pao Chi ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Maternal exposure; Phthalate; Sex steroid hormones; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CORRELATION METHODS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES;

MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MONO-(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PHTHALATES; REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT; SEX STEROID HORMONES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

STEROID HORMONES;

ESTRADIOL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CHILD HEALTH; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PEARSON SYNDROME; POPULATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 79955041499     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.079     Document Type: Article

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