Phthalate metabolites in urine from China, and implications for human exposures

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 893-898

  Guo, Ying ^a   Wu, Qian ^a,b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,b,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; China; DEHP; Human urine; Phthalate exposure; Phthalate metabolites

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BODY FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ESTERS; METABOLITES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLVENTS;

BIOMONITORING; CHINA; DEHP; HUMAN URINE; PHTHALATE EXPOSURES; PHTHALATE METABOLITES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

MONO 2 ISOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO N BUTYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHTHALATE; URINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

CHINA;

EID: 79955574631     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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