Cohort Profile: The Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study (TMICS) of phthalate exposure and health risk assessment,International Journal of Epidemiology

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Cohort Profile: The Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study (TMICS) of phthalate exposure and health risk assessment
International Journal of Epidemiology ( IF 6.4 ) Pub Date : 2018-04-30 , DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy067
Chia-Fang Wu,Hui-Ming Chen,Chien-Wen Sun,Mei-Lien Chen,Chia-Jung Hsieh,Shu-Li Wang,Ming-Tsang Wu

This cohort was established in response to a food contamination scandal that became news in Taiwan in 2011. In that scandal, endocrine-disrupting phthalates, especially di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), were deliberately added to a variety of foods commonly consumed by children there.¹ Although the food scandal wound down, environmental exposure to phthalates remains ubiquitous in daily life in Taiwan.^2–4 Vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and children can be exposed to these products through different routes, including food ingestion, inhalation and dermal absorption in their daily life.³^,^5–7

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