Predictors and variability of urinary paraben concentrations in men and women, including before and during pregnancy

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1538-1543

  Smith, Kristen W ^a   Braun, Joe M ^a   Williams, Paige L ^a   Ehrlich, Shelley ^a   Correia, Katharine F ^b   Calafat, Antonia M ^c   Ye, Xiaoyun ^c   Ford, Jennifer ^a   Keller, Myra ^a   Meeker, John D ^d   Hauser, Russ ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Exposure science; Female; Male; Parabens; Partners; Predictors; Pregnancy; Variability

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BUTYL PARABEN; METHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PARABENS; PREGNANCY; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868585324     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104614     Document Type: Article

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