Phthalate esters, parabens and bisphenol-A exposure among mothers and their children in Greece (Rhea cohort)

Environment International

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Myridakis, Antonis ^a   Fthenou, Eleni ^a   Balaska, Eirini ^a   Vakinti, Maria ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^b,c   Stephanou, Euripides G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Mother child pairs; Parabens; Phthalates; Rhea cohort

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; METABOLITES; PHENOLS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; SOLVENTS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BIS-PHENOL A; BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; MOTHER-CHILD PAIRS; PHTHALATES; RHEA COHORT; SPEARMAN CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS;

PARABENS;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; COSMETIC; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTIC; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

GREECE;

RHEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BIOMARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTERS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARABENS; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930932764     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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