In utero and peripubertal exposure to phthalates and BPA in relation to female sexual maturation

Environmental Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 233-241

  Watkins, Deborah J ^a   Téllez Rojo, Martha Maria ^b   Ferguson, Kelly K ^a   Lee, Joyce M ^a,c   Solano Gonzalez, Maritsa ^b   Blank Goldenberg, Clara ^b   Peterson, Karen E ^a,c,d   Meeker, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenarche; Bisphenol A; In utero exposure; Phthalates; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; HORMONE; MONOBENZYL PHTHALATE; MONOETHYL PHTHALATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HORMONE; METABOLITE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURITY; WOMENS HEALTH; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HAIR; PHTHALATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENARCHE; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; METABOLITE; MOTHER; PERIPUBERTY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PUBIC HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN UTERO EXPOSURE; PERIPUBERTAL EXPOSURE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ADOLESCENT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHILD; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84907343754     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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