The association between gestational use of personal care products and neonatal urological abnormality at birth: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

• Published in: Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) Vol. 93; pp. 83 - 88
• Main Authors: Nishihama, Yukiko, Tatsuta, Nozomi, Iwai-Shimada, Miyuki, Nakai, Kunihiko, Arima, Takahiro, Fujiwara, Ikuma, Yaegashi, Nobuo, Takeuchi, Ayano, Nakayama, Shoji F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Adult; CAKUT; Cohort Studies; Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract; Cosmetics; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Endocrine Disruptors; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Maternal Exposure; Maternal-Fetal Exchange; Personal care products; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Urogenital Abnormalities - epidemiology; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux - epidemiology; Japan; Personal care products; CAKUT; Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract; Endocrine disrupting chemicals

•Data from a large birth cohort study in Japan were analyzed.•Any association between CAKUT and exposure to EDCs was explored.•Use of personal care products was used as the marker of EDCs exposure.•The rate of CAKUT was seen to be 2.5 per 1000 live births.•No association between CAKUT and use of per...