International Journal of Pediatrics 2014;41(6):594-598

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2014.06.006

Bisphenol A and children health

Lu YIN

Keywords

Bisphenol A; Children; Health

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Bisphenol A(BPA)is an environmental endocrine disruptor(EDC)that has been shown to be harmful in laboratory animal studies.However,there are relatively few epidemiological studies to prove the relationship between BPA and health effects in human.This review summarizes the epidemiological studies about BPA and children health,analyze the association between BPA exposure and health outcomes,including neonatal birth weight,productive abnormal,neurobehavioral development,wheeze or asthma,early puberty,obesity.