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Decrease in anogenital distance among male infants with prenatal phthalate exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives,  August, 2005  by Shanna H. Swan,  Katharina M. Main,  Fan Liu,  Sara L. Stewart,  Robin L. Kruse,  Antonia M. Calafat,  Catherine S. Mao,  J. Bruce Redmon,  Christine L. Ternand,  Shannon Sullivan,  J. Lynn Teague

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