Levels of Phthalate Metabolites in Urine of Pregnant Women and Risk of Clinical Pregnancy Loss

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 10651-10657

  Mu, Di ^a   Gao, Fumei ^a,b   Fan, Zhanlan ^a   Shen, Huan ^b   Peng, Hui ^a   Hu, Jianying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BODY FLUIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; OBSTETRICS;

BEIJING , CHINA; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MONOMETHYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALATE ESTER; PHTHALATE METABOLITES; PREGNANCY LOSS; ULTRAPERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIES;

ESTERS;

CREATININE; MONO N BUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO(2 ETHLYHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONOETHYL PHTHALATE; MONOISOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONOMETHYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTER; MONOBUTYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL HEALTH; METABOLITE; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINE;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; EMBRYO DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; BEIJING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBRYO LOSS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLOME; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940879913     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02617     Document Type: Article

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