Age and sex-specific relationships between phthalate exposures and obesity in Chinese children at puberty

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Yunhui ^a   Meng, Xiangzhou ^b   Chen, Li ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Zhao, Lifang ^b   Zhao, Yan ^a   Li, Luxi ^a   Shi, Huijing ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PUBERTY;

EID: 84905963076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104852     Document Type: Article

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