Racial and ethnic variations in phthalate metabolite concentration changes across full-term pregnancies

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 160-166

  James Todd, Tamarra M ^a,b,c   Meeker, John D ^b   Huang, Tianyi ^a,c   Hauser, Russ ^b,c   Seely, Ellen W ^a   Ferguson, Kelly K ^b   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^a,c   McElrath, Thomas F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

blacks; ethnicity; Hispanics; phthalates; pregnancy; race

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOSTON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957836817     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2016.2     Document Type: Article

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