Internal exposure of the general population to DEHP and other phthalates - Determination of secondary and primary phthalate monoester metabolites in urine

Environmental Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-185

  Koch, Holger M ^a   Rossbach, Bernd ^b   Drexler, Hans ^a   Angerer, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

General population; Human biological monitoring; Phthalates; Primary and secondary phthalate metabolites; Urine

Indexed keywords

DI N BUTYLPHTHALATE; MONO N OCTYLPHTHALATE; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 HYDROXYHEXYL)PHTHALATE; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 OXOHEXYL)PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMONITORING; DETECTION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; METABOLITE; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE;

EID: 0012550816     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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