David M Umbach

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
observational 2018
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2017-02249

PURPOSE: Chemicals with hormonelike activity, such as estrogenic isoflavones, may perturb human development. Infants exclusively fed soy-based formula are highly exposed to isoflavones, but their physiologic responses remain uncharacterized…

other 2017
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp428

BACKGROUND: Early-life exposure to estrogenic compounds affects the development of the reproductive system in rodent models and humans. Soy products, which contain phytoestrogens such as genistein, are one source of exposure in infants fed …

observational 2016
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) ·doi:10.1097/ede.0000000000000508

BACKGROUND: Phytoestrogen exposure from soy formula feeding during infancy may disrupt reproductive system development, resulting in altered menstrual bleeding in adulthood. METHODS: We investigated this relationship in a cohort of 1,696 y…