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      Urinary bisphenol A and age at menarche among adolescent girls: evidence from NHANES 2003-2010.

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          Bisphenol A (BPA) is an environmental estrogen used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins used to make food and beverage packaging. Increasing evidence suggests that BPA mimics estrogens in the body and may be associated with putative markers of breast cancer risk.

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          Journal
          Environ. Res.
          Environmental research
          Elsevier BV
          1096-0953
          0013-9351
          Jan 2015
          : 136
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: lmcguinn@live.unc.edu.
          [2 ] National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
          Article
          S0013-9351(14)00410-1 NIHMS645895
          10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.037
          4426193
          25460659
          7e8b6e98-6fdc-4a8e-8291-873ac679be38
          History

          Bisphenol A,Breast cancer,Endocrine disruptors,Menarche,Puberty

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