Prenatal 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 WohlfahrtVeje,
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.
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