Maternal urinary paraben levels and offspring size at birth from a Chinese birth cohort.

Journal: Chemosphere
PMID:

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Parabens are suspected to impair fetal growth because of their endocrine disrupting effects. Epidemiological studies regarding the effects of prenatal exposure to parabens on birth outcomes are limited.

Authors

  • Chuansha Wu
    Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Wenqian Huo
    Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Yuanyuan Li
    Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Bin Zhang
    Department of Psychiatry, Sleep Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Yanjian Wan
    CDC of Yangtze River Administration and Navigational Affairs, General Hospital of the Yangtze River Shipping, Wuhan, dc0019, China.
  • Tongzhang Zheng
    Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
  • Aifen Zhou
    Women and Children Medical and Healthcare Center of Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Zhong Chen
    Institute of HIV/AIDS The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, China.
  • Minzheng Qian
    Department of Epidemiology, College for Public Health & Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
  • Yingshuang Zhu
    Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Yangqian Jiang
    Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Hongxiu Liu
    Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Jie Hu
    Corteva Agriscience, Farming Solutions and Digital, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
  • Xi Chen
    Department of Critical care medicine, Shenzhen Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, Shenzhen, China.
  • Bing Xu
    Department of Rehabilitation, the People`s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
  • Wei Xia
    Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Shunqing Xu
    School of Life Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: xust@hust.edu.cn.