Children's urinary phthalate metabolites and fractional exhaled nitric oxide in an Urban cohort

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 830-837

  Just, Allan C ^a,b   Whyatt, Robin M ^a,b   Miller, Rachel L ^a,b,c   Rundle, Andrew G ^a,b   Chen, Qixuan ^d   Calafat, Antonia M ^e   Divjan, Adnan ^a,b   Rosa, Maria J ^a,b   Zhang, Hanjie ^c   Perera, Frederica P ^a,b   Goldstein, Inge F ^a,b   Perzanowski, Matthew S ^a,b  

^a Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Butylbenzyl phthalate; Diethyl phthalate; Fractional exhaled nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; URBAN AREA; URINE LEVEL; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; NITRIC OXIDE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84868280218     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201203-0398OC     Document Type: Article

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