In utero Exposure to Cigarette Smoking, Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Reproductive Hormones in US Girls Approaching Puberty | Zendy

Audra L. Gollenberg | Zendy; O. Yaw Addo | Zendy; Zhiwei Zhang | Zendy; Mary L. Hediger | Zendy; John H. Himes | Zendy; Peter A. Lee | Zendy

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In utero Exposure to Cigarette Smoking, Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Reproductive Hormones in US Girls Approaching Puberty

Author(s) -

Audra L. Gollenberg,

O. Yaw Addo,

Zhiwei Zhang,

Mary L. Hediger,

John H. Himes,

Peter A. Lee

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

hormone research in paediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.816

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1663-2826

pISSN - 1663-2818

DOI - 10.1159/000369168

Subject(s) - luteinizing hormone , national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , hormone , tobacco smoke , menarche , physiology , pregnancy , in utero , endocrinology , fetus , environmental health , biology , population , genetics

Evidence is unclear whether prenatal smoking affects age at menarche and pubertal development, and its impact upon hormones has not been well studied. We aim to identify potential pathways through which prenatal smoking and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) affect reproductive hormones in girls approaching puberty.

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