Brominated flame retardants and other persistent organohalogenated compounds in relation to timing of puberty in a longitudinal study of girls

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1046-1052

  Windham, Gayle C ^a   Pinney, Susan M ^b   Voss, Robert W ^c   Sjödin, Andreas ^d   Biro, Frank M ^b   Greenspan, Louise C ^e   Stewart, Susan ^f   Hiatt, Robert A ^g   Kushi, Lawrence H ^h  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IMPACT ASSESSMENT INC   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; BREAST; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; OHIO; POLLUTANT;

BREAST; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HAIR; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OHIO; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PUBERTY;

EID: 84943327765     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408778     Document Type: Article

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