2016
Phthalate exposure, flavonoid consumption and breast cancer risk among Mexican women
Mérida-Ortega Á, Hernández-Alcaraz C, Hernández-Ramírez RU, García-Martínez A, Trejo-Valdivia B, Salinas-Rodríguez A, Svensson K, Cebrián ME, Franco-Marina F, López-Carrillo L. Phthalate exposure, flavonoid consumption and breast cancer risk among Mexican women. Environment International 2016, 96: 167-172. PMID: 27690147, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.08.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer riskPhthalate exposureCancer riskSemiquantitative food frequency questionnaireFood frequency questionnaireRisk of BCFrequency questionnaireFlavonoid consumptionHealthy controlsHigh intakePlace of residenceFood groupsTypes of flavonoidsMexican womenUrine samplesRiskMultiplicative interactionFurther investigationWomenNegative associationExposureButyl benzylFlavonoidsTandem mass spectrometryIntake
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