Phthalates and critically ill neonates: Device-related exposures and non-endocrine toxic risks

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 892-897

  Mallow, E B ^a   Fox, M A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULARIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CATHETER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVICES; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CATHETERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PLASTICIZERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84926211828     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.157     Document Type: Article

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