2-(Diethylhexyl)phthalate in blood bags: Is this a public health issue?

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2510-2517

  Shaz, Beth H ^a,b,c   Grima, Kathleen ^a,b,c   Hillyer, Christopher D ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXANOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANDROGEN; BUTYRYL N TRIHEXYLCITRATE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; GASOLINE; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; LIPID; NAPHTHALENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD STORAGE BAG; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTAINER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FLUID BALANCE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NOTE; OBESITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT PACKAGING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80054965973     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03164.x     Document Type: Note

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