Prenatal phthalate exposures and anogenital distance in swedish boys

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-107

  Bornehag, Carl Gustaf ^a   Carlstedt, Fredrik ^b   Jönsson, Bo Ag ^c   Lindh, Christian H ^c   Jensen, Tina K ^d   Bodin, Anna ^b   Jonsson, Carin ^b   Janson, Staffan ^a   Swan, Shanna H ^e  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Primary Care Research Unit   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIISONONYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTICIZER;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; URINE;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84920092425     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408163     Document Type: Article

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