Urinary concentrations of parabens and other antimicrobial chemicals and their association with couples’ fecundity

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 730-736

  Smarr, Melissa M ^a   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^a   Honda, Masato ^b,c   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b,c   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BUTYL PARABEN; CREATININE; ETHYL PARABEN; METHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; DANGEROUS GOODS; ETHYL-P-HYDROXYBENZOATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TIME TO PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARABENS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-PREGNANCY;

EID: 85016778018     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP189     Document Type: Article

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