Dealing with phthalates in medical devices: a case of primum non nocere (first do no harm)?

Robert C Tasker^{1

2}, Richard M Sharpe³

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Neurology and Anesthesiology (Pediatric), Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Bader 621, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. robert.tasker@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Bader 621, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. robert.tasker@childrens.harvard.edu.
³ MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.

Editorial

Robert C Tasker et al. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr;42(4):602-604.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4227-5. Epub 2016 Feb 3.

Robert C Tasker^{1

2}, Richard M Sharpe³

¹ Departments of Neurology and Anesthesiology (Pediatric), Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Bader 621, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. robert.tasker@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Bader 621, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. robert.tasker@childrens.harvard.edu.
³ MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK.

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Comment on

Circulating phthalates during critical illness in children are associated with long-term attention deficit: a study of a development and a validation cohort.
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