Phthalates and the diets of US children and adolescents

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 84-90

  Trasande, Leonardo ^a,b,c   Sathyanarayana, Sheela ^d,e   Jo Messito, Mary ^a   S Gross, Rachel ^f   Attina, Teresa M ^a   Mendelsohn, Alan L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Insulin resistance; Obesity; Phthalates

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; MONOBENZYLPHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENCE; AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HORMONE; METABOLITE; OBESITY; PHTHALATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBPOPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MBP; MBZP; MCPP; MECPP; MEHHP; MEHP; MEOHP; MEP; MIBP; MONO-(2-ETHYL-5-CARBOXYPENTYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-(2-ETHYL-5-HYDROXYHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-(2-ETHYL-5-OXOHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-(3-CARBOXYPROPYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-ETHYL PHTHALATE; MONO-ISOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO-N-BUTYL-PHTHALATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHTHALATES; SD; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

CHILDREN; DIET; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MBP; MBZP; MCPP; MECPP; MEHHP; MEHP; MEOHP; MEP; MIBP; MONO-(2-ETHYL-5-CARBOXYPENTYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-(2-ETHYL-5-HYDROXYHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-(2-ETHYL-5-OXOHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-(3-CARBOXYPROPYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-ETHYL PHTHALATE; MONO-ISOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO-N-BUTYL-PHTHALATE; MONOBENZYLPHTHALATE; OBESITY; PHTHALATES; SD; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885860379     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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