Pilot study on the dietary habits and lifestyles of girls with idiopathic precocious puberty from the city of Rome: Potential impact of exposure to flame retardant polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 1369-1372

  Tassinari, Roberta ^a   Mancini, Francesca R ^a,b   Mantovani, Alberto ^a   Busani, Luca ^a   Maranghi, Francesca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

flame retardant; food intake; girls; lifestyle; puberty alteration

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; PILOT STUDY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

CHILD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD HABITS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; ROME;

EID: 84947433128     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2015-0116     Document Type: Article

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