Safety evaluation of disposable baby diapers using principles of quantitative risk assessment

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 1262-1271

  Rai, Prashant ^a   Lee, Byung Mu ^b   Liu, Tsung Yun ^c   Yuhui, Qin ^d   Krause, Edburga ^e   Marsman, Daniel S ^a   Felter, Susan ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Procter/Gamble Service GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; CITRAL; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFUME; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAPER; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARE; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TOXICITY; URINE; ASIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ACRYLATES; ASIA; BODY WEIGHT; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DIAPERS, INFANT; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOTERPENES; PERFUME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75749127475     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903212246     Document Type: Article

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