Associations between prenatal maternal urinary concentrations of personal care product chemical biomarkers and childhood respiratory and allergic outcomes in the CHAMACOS study.
CONCLUSIONS: While some biomarkers, particularly those from low molecular weight phthalates, were associated with an atopic cytokine profile and poorer lung function, no biomarkers were associated with a corresponding increase in atopic disease.
PMID: 30293015 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Environment International - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Berger K, Eskenazi B, Balmes J, Holland N, Calafat AM, Harley KG Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research
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