Mediation of the relationship between maternal phthalate exposure and preterm birth by oxidative stress with repeated measurements across pregnancy

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 488-494

  Ferguson, Kelly K ^a   Chen, Yin Hsiu ^a   Vanderweele, Tyler J ^b   McElrath, Thomas F ^c   Meeker, John D ^a   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 CARBOXYPENTYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 HYDROXYHEXYL) PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE;

BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 85014407886     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP282     Document Type: Article

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