Serum PBDEs and age at menarche in adolescent girls: Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2004

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 831-837

  Chen, Aimin ^a   Chung, Ethan ^a   DeFranco, Emily A ^a   Pinney, Susan M ^a   Dietrich, Kim N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Female; Menarche; NHANES; PBDEs; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ADOLESCENCE; AGE AT MATURITY; DATA SET; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; LIPID; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SERUM;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; YOUNG ADULT;

TETRA;

EID: 79960647953     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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