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BACKGROUND
Animal studies suggest that phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA), endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in many consumer products, may impact the timing of puberty.
OBJECTIVE
We aimed to determine the association of prenatal exposure to high-molecular-weight phthalates and BPA with pubertal
BACKGROUND
Phthalates are hypothesized to cause obesity, but few studies have assessed whether prenatal phthalate exposures are related to childhood body mass index (BMI).
METHODS
We included 707 children from three prospective cohort studies enrolled in the US between 1998 and 2006 who had maternal
BackgroundAlthough experiments in animals suggest that phthalates may have obesogenic effects, studies on prenatal exposure in children show inconsistent results.MethodsWe measured urinary concentrations of 11 phthalate metabolites collected twice during pregnancy from mothers participating in the