Phthalate exposure and reproductive hormones and sex-hormone binding globulin before puberty - Phthalate contaminated-foodstuff episode in Taiwan

In May 2011, a major incident involving phthalates-contaminated foodstuffs occurred in Taiwan. Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) was added to foodstuffs, mainly juice, jelly, tea, sports drink, and dietary supplements. Concerns arose that normal pubertal development, especially reproductive hormone...

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Published in:	PloS one 2017-04, Vol.12 (4), p.e0175536-e0175536
Main Authors:	Wen, Hui-Ju, Chen, Chu-Chih, Wu, Ming-Tsang, Chen, Mei-Lien, Sun, Chien-Wen, Wu, Wen-Chiu, Huang, I-Wen, Huang, Po-Chin, Yu, Tzu-Yun, Hsiung, Chao A, Wang, Shu-Li
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Adults Bioinformatics Biology and Life Sciences Birth weight Child Children Dietary Supplements Diethylhexyl Phthalate - blood Diethylhexyl Phthalate - toxicity Dioctyl phthalate Environmental aspects Environmental health Estradiol - blood Exposure Female Females Follicle Stimulating Hormone - blood Follicle-stimulating hormone Food Contamination Globulins Health aspects Health sciences Hormones Hospitals Humans Immunoassay Laws, regulations and rules Luteinizing Hormone - blood Male Males Medical research Medicine Menstruation Metabolites People and Places Phthalates Physical Sciences Physiological aspects Pituitary hormones Polyvinyl chloride Population Puberty Puberty - drug effects Public health Reproduction - drug effects Rodents Safety and security measures Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin - metabolism Sperm Statistical analysis Studies Taiwan Tea Teenagers Testosterone - blood Toxicology Urine Womens health Young Adult
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