2011
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
2009
Exposure to Phthalates and Breast Cancer Risk in Northern Mexico
López-Carrillo L, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Calafat AM, Torres-Sánchez L, Galván-Portillo M, Needham LL, Ruiz-Ramos R, Cebrián ME. Exposure to Phthalates and Breast Cancer Risk in Northern Mexico. Environmental Health Perspectives 2009, 118: 539-544. PMID: 20368132, PMCID: PMC2854732, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerMonoethyl phthalatePhthalate metabolitesUrinary concentrationsRisk of BCMono-n-butyl phthalateBreast cancer riskGeometric mean concentrationsPremenopausal womenRisk factorsParent phthalatesCancer riskMonobenzyl phthalateBC casesSignificant negative associationEndocrine systemMexican womenUrine samplesUbiquitous environmental pollutantWomenHigh-performance liquid chromatographyAssociationNegative associationExposureMCPP