Measurement of paraben concentrations in human breast tissue at serial locations across the breast from axilla to sternum

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-232

  Barr, L ^a   Metaxas, G ^a   Harbach, C A J ^b   Savoy, L A ^c   Darbre, P D ^d  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SGS M Scan Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c SGS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast cancer; Cosmetics; Mammary; Oestrogen; Paraben

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ESTER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COSMETICS; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARABENS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; STERNUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84856449342     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1786     Document Type: Article

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