Urinary phthalate metabolites in relation to maternal serum thyroid and sex hormone levels during pregnancy: A longitudinal analysis

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Johns, Lauren E ^a   Ferguson, Kelly K ^a   Soldin, Offie P ^b   Cantonwine, David E ^c   Rivera González, Luis O ^a   Del Toro, Anzalota V ^d   Calafat, Antonia M ^e   Ye, Xiaoyun ^e   Alshawabkeh, Akram N ^f   Cordero, José F ^d   Meeker, John D ^a  

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

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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

^f Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Endocrine disruption; Epidemiology; Hormones; Phthalates; Pregnancy; Thyroid; Urinary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LIOTHYRONINE; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERTO RICO; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY PHTHALATE METABOLITE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PUERTO RICO; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924166418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-13-4     Document Type: Article

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