Association between phthalate exposure and accelerated bone maturation in Chinese girls with early puberty onset: a propensity score-matched case–control analysis
Shurong Huang, Zhe Su, Huiping Su, Yanhua Jiao et al. • Scientific Reports
(2022)
Abstract Estrogen can promote the acceleration of bone maturation and phthalate esters (PAEs) have estrogen-mimicking effects. We investigated whether PAEs are associated with the acceleration of bone age (BA) in girls with early onset of p...
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10.1038/s41598-022-19470-4