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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013, 10, 7001-7014; doi:10.3390/ijerph10127001 OPEN ACCESS

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Article

Maternal Exposure to Bisphenol-A and Fetal Growth Restriction: A Case-Referent Study Igor Burstyn 1,2,*, Jonathan W. Martin 3, Sanjay Beesoon 3, Fiona Bamforth 3, Qiaozhi Li 4, Yutaka Yasui 4 and Nicola M. Cherry 1 1

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Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G3, Canada; E-Mail: [email protected] Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada; E-Mails: [email protected] (J.W.M.); [email protected] (S.B.); [email protected] (F.B.) School of Public Health, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada; E-Mails: [email protected] (Q.L.); [email protected] (Y.Y.)

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +1-215-762-2909; Fax: +1-215-762-8846. Received: 4 November 2013; in revised form: 25 November 2013 / Accepted: 29 November 2013 / Published: 11 December 2013

Abstract: We conducted a case-referent study of the effect of exposure to bisphenol-A on fetal growth in utero in full-term, live-born singletons in Alberta, Canada. Newborns