Female exposure to phenols and phthalates and time to pregnancy: The Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) Study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1011-1020.e2

  Vélez, Maria P ^a   Arbuckle, Tye E ^b   Fraser, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Fecundity; Phthalates; Reproduction; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; TRICLOSAN; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLITE; PATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO PREGNANCY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

ADULT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-PREGNANCY; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 84930787396     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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