Endocrine disrupting nonyl- and octylphenol in infant food in Germany: Considerable daily intake of nonylphenol for babies

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1533-1540

  Raecker, Torsten ^a   Thiele, Bjoern ^a   Boehme, Roswitha M ^a   Guenther, Klaus ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Nonylphenol; 4 Tert. octylphenol; Babies; Dietary risk assessment; DONALD Study; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; NUTRITION; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONSERVATION;

4-NONYLPHENOL; BABIES; DONALD STUDY; OCTYLPHENOLS; TODDLERS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS;

4 OCTYLPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NONYLPHENOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL; BODY MASS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOOD; HORMONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; POLLUTION; RISK; TODDLER;

EID: 79951726027     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.11.065     Document Type: Article

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