A Novel Method for Calculating Potency-Weighted Cumulative Phthalates Exposure with Implications for Identifying Racial/Ethnic Disparities among U.S. Reproductive-Aged Women in NHANES 2001-2012

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 10616-10624

  Varshavsky, Julia R ^a   Zota, Ami R ^b   Woodruff, Tracey J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; NUTRITION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DIISONONYL PHTHALATE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; INDIVIDUAL EXPOSURES; MODEL SPECIFICATIONS; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE; PHTHALATE METABOLITES;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; CREATININE; DIISOBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIISONONYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

AGE STRUCTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH RISK; HORMONE; METABOLITE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RACIAL DISPARITY; REPRODUCTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG POTENCY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; POTENCY WEIGHTED METRIC; PREGNANT WOMAN; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; POLLUTANT;

UNITED STATES;

DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84989964156     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00522     Document Type: Article

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