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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2023

Exposure to a Mixture of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Metabolic Outcomes in Belgian Adolescents.

Anran Cai, Sylvie Remy, Virissa Lenters, Bianca Cox, Greet Schoeters, Adrian Covaci, Roel Vermeulen, Lützen Portengen

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Anran CaiInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Department of Population Health Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CM, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1463-1810
Sylvie RemyVITO Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol 2400, Belgium.
Virissa LentersInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Department of Population Health Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CM, The Netherlands.
Bianca CoxVITO Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol 2400, Belgium.
Greet SchoetersDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp 2000, Belgium.
Adrian CovaciToxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk 2610, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0527-1136
Roel VermeulenInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Department of Population Health Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CM, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4082-8163
Lützen PortengenInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Department of Population Health Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CM, The Netherlands.
Utrecht University · NLFlemish Institute for Technological Research · BEUniversity of Antwerp · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Childhood exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), either alone or in mixtures, may affect metabolic outcomes, yet existing evidence remains inconclusive. In our study of 372 adolescents from the Flemish Environment and Health Study (FLEHS IV, 2017-2018), we measured 40 known and suspected EDCs and assessed metabolic outcomes, including body mass index

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Endocrine DisruptorsEnvironmental PollutantsPhthalic AcidsAdolescentBayes TheoremBelgiumChildEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansMalePolychlorinated Biphenyls2,2',3,3',4,4',5-heptachlorobiphenylEndocrine DisruptorsEnvironmental Pollutantsmonoethyl phthalatephthalic acidPhthalic AcidsPolychlorinated Biphenylsabdominal obesityadolescencebody mass indexcholesterolendocrine-disrupting chemicalstriglycerides

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PMID37944124
PMCPMC10702523
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