Food safety involving ingestion of foods and beverages prepared with phthalate-plasticizer-containing clouding agents

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 671-684

  Yen, Tzung Hai ^a,b   Lin Tan, Dan Tzu ^a,b   Lin, Ja Liang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clouding agent; Endocrine disruptor; Food; Phthalate; Plasticizer; Polyvinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; PHTHALIC ACID; PLASTICIZER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEVERAGE; BODY BURDEN; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLITE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; BODY BURDEN; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PLASTICIZERS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 82255183121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2011.09.002     Document Type: Review

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