Brominated Flame Retardants and Other Persistent Organohalogenated Compounds in Relation to Timing of Puberty in a Longitudinal Study of Girls
Author(s) -
Gayle C. Windham,
Susan M. Pinney,
Robert Voss,
Andreas Sjödin,
Frank M. Biro,
Louise C. Greenspan,
Susan L. Stewart,
Robert A. Hiatt,
Lawrence H. Kushi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1408778
Subject(s) - polybrominated diphenyl ethers , confounding , quartile , medicine , body mass index , physiology , longitudinal study , endocrinology , confidence interval , pollutant , chemistry , organic chemistry , pathology
Exposure to hormonally active chemicals could plausibly affect pubertal timing, so we are investigating this in the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program.
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