Human breast milk contamination with phthalates and alterations of endogenous reproductive hormones in infants three months of age

Katharina M Main; Gerda Krog Mortensen; Marko M Kaleva; Kirsten A Boisen; Ida N Damgaard; Marla Chellakooty; Ida M Schmidt; Anne-Maarit Suomi; Helena E Virtanen; Jørgen Holm Petersen; Anna-Maria Andersson; Jorma Toppari; Niels E Skakkebaek

Human breast milk contamination with phthalates and alterations of endogenous reproductive hormones in infants three months of age

Katharina M Main, Gerda Krog Mortensen, Marko M Kaleva, Kirsten A Boisen, Ida N Damgaard, Marla Chellakooty, Ida M Schmidt, Anne-Maarit Suomi, Helena E Virtanen, Jørgen Holm Petersen, Anna-Maria Andersson, Jorma Toppari, Niels E Skakkebaek

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Abstract

Phthalates adversely affect the male reproductive system in animals. We investigated whether phthalate monoester contamination of human breast milk had any influence on the postnatal surge of reproductive hormones in newborn boys as a sign of testicular dysgenesis.

Original language	English
Journal	Environmental Health Perspectives
Volume	114
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	270-276
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0091-6765
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Main, K. M., Mortensen, G. K., Kaleva, M. M., Boisen, K. A., Damgaard, I. N., Chellakooty, M., Schmidt, I. M., Suomi, A-M., Virtanen, H. E., Petersen, J. H., Andersson, A-M., Toppari, J., & Skakkebaek, N. E. (2006). Human breast milk contamination with phthalates and alterations of endogenous reproductive hormones in infants three months of age. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(2), 270-276.

Main, KM, Mortensen, GK, Kaleva, MM, Boisen, KA, Damgaard, IN, Chellakooty, M, Schmidt, IM, Suomi, A-M, Virtanen, HE, Petersen, JH, Andersson, A-M, Toppari, J & Skakkebaek, NE 2006, 'Human breast milk contamination with phthalates and alterations of endogenous reproductive hormones in infants three months of age', Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 114, no. 2, pp. 270-276.

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Human breast milk contamination with phthalates and alterations of endogenous reproductive hormones in infants three months of age

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