Third trimester phthalate exposure is associated with DNA methylation of growth-related genes in human placenta

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Chen, Jiao ^a   Wang, Xiu ^a   Song, Qi ^a   Xu, Hui Hui ^b   Zhang, Yun Hui ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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EID: 84988624616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33449     Document Type: Article

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