Associations between Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates and Timing of Menarche and Growth and Adiposity into Adulthood: A Twenty-Years Birth Cohort Study

Associations between Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates and Timing of Menarche and Growth and Adiposity into Adulthood: A Twenty-Years Birth Cohort Study

Phthalates are ubiquitous environmental chemicals with endocrine disrupting properties and potentially obesogenic effects. We hypothesised that antenatal phthalate exposure may influence growth and adiposity patterns in girls through childhood into adolescence. Among 1342 Raine Study singleton femal...

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Main Authors: Ye’elah E. Berman, Dorota A. Doherty, Katharina M. Main, Hanne Frederiksen, Martha Hickey, Jeffrey A. Keelan, John P. Newnham, Roger J. Hart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
growth
age at menarche
adiposity
phthalate metabolites
girls
antenatal exposure
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4725

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