Sex steroid hormone levels and reproductive development of eight-year-old children following in utero and environmental exposure to phthalates.

In utero exposure to phthalates may adversely affect reproductive development in children due to the anti-androgenic properties of the pthalates. Accordingly, we aimed to determine the effects of in utero and environmental phthalate exposure on the reproductive development of eight-year-old children...

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Main Authors: Pen-Hua Su, Jia-Yuh Chen, Ching-Yi Lin, Hsiao-Yen Chen, Pao-Chi Liao, Tsung-Ho Ying, Shu-Li Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4160173?pdf=render