Personal care product use and urinary levels of phthalate metabolites in Mexican women
Romero-Franco M, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Calafat AM, Cebrián ME, Needham LL, Teitelbaum S, Wolff MS, López-Carrillo L. Personal care product use and urinary levels of phthalate metabolites in Mexican women. Environment International 2011, 37: 867-871. PMID: 21429583, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.02.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMono-3-carboxypropyl phthalateMono-n-butyl phthalateMono-2-ethylhexyl phthalatePhthalate metabolitesUrinary concentrationsMonoethyl phthalateUrinary levelsPopulation-based case-control studyOngoing population-based case-control studyPersonal care product useMono-isobutyl phthalateHigh-performance liquid chromatography isotope-dilution tandem mass spectrometryCase-control studyDetectable urinary concentrationsCarboxypentyl phthalateHydroxyhexyl phthalateOxohexyl phthalateBreast cancerLiquid chromatography-isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometryMonobenzyl phthalateReproductive historySociodemographic characteristicsGenetic susceptibilityPotential health impactsMexican women