Human Breast Milk Contamination with Phthalates and Alterations of Endogenous Reproductive Hormones in Infants Three Months of Age | Zendy

Katharina M. Main | Zendy; Gerda Krog Mortensen | Zendy; Marko Kaleva | Zendy; Kirsten A. Boisen | Zendy; Ida Damgaard | Zendy; Marla Chellakooty | Zendy; Ida Maria Schmidt | Zendy; AnneMaarit Suomi | Zendy; Helena E. Virtanen | Zendy; Jørgen Holm Petersen | Zendy; AnnaMaria Andersson | Zendy; Jorma Toppari | Zendy; Niels E. Skakkebæk | Zendy

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Human Breast Milk Contamination with Phthalates and Alterations of Endogenous Reproductive Hormones in Infants Three Months of Age

Author(s) -

Katharina M. Main,

Gerda Krog Mortensen,

Marko Kaleva,

Kirsten A. Boisen,

Ida Damgaard,

Marla Chellakooty,

Ida Maria Schmidt,

AnneMaarit Suomi,

Helena E. Virtanen,

Jørgen Holm Petersen,

AnnaMaria Andersson,

Jorma Toppari,

Niels E. Skakkebæk

Publication year - 2005

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.8075

Subject(s) - phthalate , sex hormone binding globulin , endocrinology , medicine , testosterone (patch) , breast milk , hormone , breast feeding , chemistry , physiology , androgen , biochemistry , organic chemistry , pediatrics

Phthalates adversely affect the male reproductive system in animals. We investigated whether phthalate monoester contamination of human breast milk had any influence on the postnatal surge of reproductive hormones in newborn boys as a sign of testicular dysgenesis.

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