Urinary bisphenol a levels during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 895-901

  Cantonwine, David E ^a   Ferguson, Kelly K ^b   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^b   McElrath, Thomas F ^a   Meeker, John D ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4, 4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTOMETRY; RELATIVE DENSITY; URINALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINE;

ADULT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84940774320     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408126     Document Type: Article

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