Exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and age of menarche in adolescent girls in NHANES (2003-2008)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1613-1618

  Buttke, Danielle E ^a   Sircar, Kanta ^a   Martin, Colleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 dichlorophenol; Endocrine disruptors; Menarche; NHANES; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

2, 4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2, 5 DICHLOROPHENOL; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4, 4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CREATININE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; OXYBENZONE; PHTHALIC ACID; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENARCHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHLOROPHENOLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868579622     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104748     Document Type: Article

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