Urinary phthalates from 168 girls and boys measured twice a year during a 5-year period: Associations with adrenal androgen levels and puberty

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3755-3764

  Mouritsen, A ^a   Frederiksen, H ^a   Sorensen, K ^a   Aksglaede, L ^a   Hagen, C ^a   Skakkebaek, N E ^a   Main, K M ^a   Andersson, A M ^a   Juul, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE ISOMER; MONOBUTYL PHTHALATE ISOMER; PHTHALATE DIESTER DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PUBERTY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84883733764     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-1284     Document Type: Article

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