Paternal and maternal urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations and birth weight of singletons conceived by subfertile couples

Environment International

Volumn 107, Issue , 2017, Pages 55-64

  Messerlian, Carmen ^a   Braun, Joseph M ^b   Mínguez Alarcón, Lidia ^a   Williams, Paige L ^a   Ford, Jennifer B ^a   Mustieles, Vicente ^c   Calafat, Antonia M ^d   Souter, Irene ^e   Toth, Thomas ^e   Hauser, Russ ^a,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Maternal exposure; Paternal exposure; Phthalates; Preconception

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; ESTERS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALATES; PRECONCEPTION;

METABOLITES;

MONO N BUTYLPHTHALATE; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 CARBOXYPENTYL)PHTHALATE; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 HYDROXYHEXYL)PHTHALATE; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 OXOHEXYL)PHTHALATE; MONO(3 CARBOXYPROPYL)PHTHALATE; MONOBENZYLPHTHALATE; MONOCARBOXYISONONYLPHTHALATE; MONOCARBOXYISOOCTYLPHTHALATE; MONOETHYLPHTHALATE; MONOISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MATERNAL HEALTH; METABOLITE; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBFERTILITY; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFERTILITY; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOSTON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85021365443     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.06.015     Document Type: Article

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