Phthalate exposure and osteoporosis: NHANES associations and integrative in silico prioritization of candidate molecular targets.
BACKGROUND Phthalates are ubiquitous endocrine-disrupting chemicals, but population-level evidence linking urinary phthalate burden with osteoporosis and the molecular context of these associations remains incomplete. METHODS We analyzed 8273 participants from the 2003-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination S...