Open AccessPrenatal Triclosan Exposure and Anthropometric Measures Including Anogenital Distance in Danish Infants
Author(s) -
Tina Harmer Lassen,
Hanne Frederiksen,
Henriette Boye Kyhl,
Shanna H. Swan,
Katharina M. Main,
AnnaMaria Andersson,
Dorte Vesterholm Lind,
Steffen Husby,
Christine Wohlfahrt-Veje,
Niels E. Skakkebæk,
Tina Kold Jensen
Publication year - 2016
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.1409637
Subject(s) - medicine , anogenital distance , anthropometry , pregnancy , confidence interval , quartile , gestational age , cohort study , obstetrics , confounding , urine , gestation , pediatrics , physiology , fetus , in utero , biology , genetics
Triclosan (TCS) is widely used as an antibacterial agent in consumer products such as hand soap and toothpaste, and human exposure is widespread. TCS is suspected of having endocrine-disrupting properties, but few human studies have examined the developmental effects of prenatal TCS exposure.