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

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. DESIGN: We obtained biologic sampl...

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Autores principales: Main, Katharina M., Mortensen, Gerda K., Kaleva, Marko M., Boisen, Kirsten A., Damgaard, Ida N., Chellakooty, Marla, Schmidt, Ida M., Suomi, Anne-Maarit, Virtanen, Helena E., Petersen, Jørgen H., Andersson, Anna-Maria, Toppari, Jorma, Skakkebæk, Niels E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1367843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16451866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8075