The contribution of dermal exposure to the internal exposure of bisphenol A in man

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 190-198

  Mielke, H ^a   Partosch, F ^b   Gundert Remy, U ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Blood concentrations; Dermal exposure; Liver concentrations

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PHENOLS; SKIN;

EID: 79958015536     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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