Urinary phthalate excretion in 555 healthy Danish boys with and without pubertal gynaecomastia

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Mieritz, Mikkel G ^a   Frederiksen, Hanne ^a   Sørensen, Kaspar ^a   Aksglaede, Lise ^a   Mouritsen, Annette ^a   Hagen, Casper P ^a   Skakkebaek, Niels E ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a   Juul, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gynaecomastia; Healthy boys; LC MS MS; Phthalates; Puberty

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PUBERTY; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861433579     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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