Association between pregnancy loss and urinary phthalate levels around the time of conception

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 458-463

  Toft, Gunnar ^a   Jönsson, Bo A G ^b   Lindh, Christian H ^b   Jensen, Tina Kold ^c   Hjollund, Niels H ^a,d   Vested, Anne ^a   Bonde, Jens Peter ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abortion; MEHP; Phthalates; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MONOETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857734307     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103552     Document Type: Article

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