Maternal prenatal urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations and child mental, psychomotor, and behavioral development at 3 years of age

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-295

  Whyatt, Robin M ^a   Liu, Xinhua ^a   Rauh, Virginia A ^a   Calafat, Antonia M ^b   Just, Allan C ^a   Hoepner, Lori ^a   Diaz, Diurka ^a   Quinn, James ^c   Adibi, Jennifer ^d   Perera, Frederica P ^a   Factor Litvak, Pam ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Child; Mental; Phthalates; Prenatal; Psychomotor

Indexed keywords

MONO 2 ETHYL 5 CARBOXYPENTYLPHTHALATE; MONO 2 ETHYL 5 HYDROXYHEXYLPHTHALATE; MONO 2 ETHYL 5 OXOHEXYLPHTHALATE; MONO N BUTYLPHTHALATE; MONOBENZYLPHTHALATE; MONOISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT INDEX; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; WITHDRAWN BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863011749     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103705     Document Type: Article

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