Prenatal exposure to butylbenzyl phthalate and early eczema in an urban cohort

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1475-1480

  Just, Allan C ^a   Whyatt, Robin M ^a   Perzanowski, Matthew S ^a   Calafat, Antonia M ^b   Perera, Frederica P ^a   Goldstein, Inge F ^a,c   Chen, Qixuan ^a   Rundle, Andrew G ^a,c   Miller, Rachel L ^a,d  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Butylbenzyl phthalate; Eczema; Plasticizers

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE DENSITY; RISK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DUST; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEW YORK CITY; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACARI; BLATTARIA;

EID: 84867184844     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104544     Document Type: Article

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