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ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2019

Phthalate metabolite exposures among immigrants living in the United States: findings from NHANES, 1999-2014.

Susanna D Mitro, MyDzung T Chu, Robin E Dodson, Gary Adamkiewicz, Lucy Chie, Florence M Brown, Tamarra M James-Todd

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Article in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Determinants of phthalate exposure among a U.S.-based group of Latino workers.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Susanna D MitroPopulation Health Sciences Program, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
MyDzung T ChuPopulation Health Sciences Program, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Robin E DodsonSilent Spring Institute, Newton, MA, USA.
Gary AdamkiewiczDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Lucy ChieDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Florence M BrownJoslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Tamarra M James-ToddDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. tjtodd@hsph.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USSilent Spring Institute · US

Funding

The HSPH Education and Research Center of Occupational Safety and HealthT42OH008416 · OH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI CHRISTIANI, DAVID C · 2005 to 2025
$30.5M
Training Program in Environmental EpidemiologyT32ES007069 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI LADEN, FRANCINE · 1985 to 2024
$13.9M
Phthalates, Gestational Diabetes, and Markers of Type 2 Diabetes Risk in WomenR01ES026166 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI JAMES-TODD, TAMARRA M · 2016 to 2021
$2.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES026166NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007069NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008416
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phthalates exposure has been linked to multiple health risks, and US immigrants may have different exposures to phthalates due to lifestyle differences. Urinary concentrations of eight phthalate metabolites (mono-ethyl phthalate [MEP], mono-n-butyl phthalate [MnBP], mono-isobutyl phthalate [MiBP], mono-(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate [MCPP], mono-benzyl phthalate [MBzP], mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate [MEHP], mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate [MEHHP], mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate [MEOHP]) were measured in 10318 US-born and 3511 foreign-born individuals from NHANES 1999-2014. Using multivariate adjusted linear regression, we assessed whether phthalate metabolite levels differed by nativity in the whole population, within racial/ethnic groups, and by years in the US. We also tested whether immigrant demographics predicted phthalate metabolite levels. In fully adjusted models, MEP, MnBP, and MiBP were significantly higher, and MBzP significantly lower, among immigrants than US-born participants. Among immigrants, MnBP and MiBP significantly declined with longer time in the US (P

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PMCPMC6151301
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