Urinary, circulating, and tissue biomonitoring studies indicate widespread exposure to bisphenol A

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1055-1070

  Vandenberg, Laura N ^a   Chahoud, Ibrahim ^b   Heindel, Jerrold J ^c   Padmanabhan, Vasantha ^d,e,f   Paumgartten, Francisco J R ^g   Schoenfelder, Gilbert ^h  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Human exposure; PBPK PBTK model; Pregnancy; Risk assessment; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMNION FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXCRETION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; PHENOLS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955269249     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901716     Document Type: Review

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