Journal article
The influence of antenatal exposure to phthalates on subsequent female reproductive development in adolescence: a pilot study
Abstract
We hypothesised that antenatal exposure to ubiquitous phthalates may lead to an earlier menarche and a lower prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and polycystic ovarian morphology (PCO) in adolescence. The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study recruited 3000 women at 18 weeks of gestation in 1989-1991, 1377 had antenatal serum stored without thawing at -80 °C. An unselected subset was evaluated in the early follicular …
Authors
Hart R; Doherty DA; Frederiksen H; Keelan JA; Hickey M; Sloboda D; Pennell CE; Newnham JP; Skakkebaek NE; Main KM
Journal
Reproduction, Vol. 147, No. 4, pp. 379–390
Publisher
Bioscientifica
Publication Date
2014
DOI
10.1530/rep-13-0331
ISSN
1470-1626