Prenatal exposure to environmental phenols: Concentrations in amniotic fluid and variability in urinary concentrations during pregnancy

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1225-1231

  Philippat, Claire ^a,b   Wolff, Mary S ^c   Calafat, Antonia M ^d   Ye, Xiaoyun ^d   Bausell, Rebecca ^e   Meadows, Molly ^e   Stone, Joanne ^c   Slama, Rémy ^a,b   Engel, Stephanie M ^f  

^a INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

^f IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYBENZONE; PHENOL; PROPYL PARABEN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BENZOPHENONES; CHLOROPHENOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARABENS; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; TRICLOSAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884899584     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206335     Document Type: Article

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