Association of bone mineral density with nine urinary personal care and consumer product chemicals and metabolites: A national-representative, population-based study.

In conclusion, certain urinary personal care and consumer product chemicals and metabolites were significantly associated with BMD or osteopenia + osteoporosis. These results further indicate that, in future research, determination of the causal relationships and detection of undelying mechanism could be next important directions.
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Source: Environment International - June 21, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Wang N, Wang Y, Zhang H, Guo Y, Chen C, Zhang W, Wan H, Han J, Lu Y Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research