Human chorionic gonadotropin partially mediates phthalate association with male and female anogenital distance

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2015, Pages E1216-E1224

  Adibi, Jennifer J ^a,b   Lee, Myoung Keun ^a   Naimi, Ashley I ^c   Barrett, Emily ^d   Nguyen, Ruby H ^e   Sathyanarayana, Sheela ^f   Zhao, Yaqi ^a   Thiet, Mari Paule ^g   Redmon, J Bruce ^e   Swan, Shanna H ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MONO CARBOXY ISOOCTYL PHTHALATE; MONO N BUTYL PHTHALATE; MONOBENZYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENDER AND SEX; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; BLOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941687236     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-2370     Document Type: Article

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