Urinary excretion of phthalate metabolites in 129 healthy Danish children and adolescents: Estimation of daily phthalate intake

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 656-663

  Frederiksen, Hanne ^a   Aksglaede, Lise ^a   Sorensen, Kaspar ^a   Skakkebaek, Niels E ^a   Juul, Anders ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Estimated daily intake; Human exposure; LC MS MS; Phthalate metabolite; Puberty; Urinary excretion

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID;

ADOLESCENCE; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOOD INTAKE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; OBESITY; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINERAL INTAKE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENMARK; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79958277841     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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