Hidden toxicity in the NICU: Phthalate exposure of very low birth weight infants.

CONCLUSION: Phthalate metabolites were detected even in the first urine samples of very low birth weight babies. Phthalate levels were higher in the first weeks of intensive invasive procedures and preterm infants with a birth weight less than 1000 g. Monoethylhydroxyhexylphthalate was the most frequently detected metabolite and could be a suitable biomarker for the detection of phthalate exposure in preterm infants. PMID: 27097850 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Tags: J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol Source Type: research