Phthalate exposure and children's health

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-254

  Braun, Joseph M ^a   Sathyanarayana, Sheela ^b   Hauser, Russ ^c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Endocrine disruption; Epidemiology; Phthalates

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHINA; DENMARK; ECZEMA; GESTATION PERIOD; HAIR GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MECONIUM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; RHINITIS; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84875382776     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32835e1eb6     Document Type: Review

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