Occurrence and profiles of phthalates in foodstuffs from China and their implications for human exposure

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 6913-6919

  Guo, Ying ^b   Zhang, Zifeng ^a   Liu, Liyan ^a   Li, Yifan ^a   Ren, Nanqi ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

DEHP; dietary intake; foodstuffs; phthalate esters; total diet survey

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING STUDIES; DAILY INTAKE; DEHP; DI-ETHYL-HEXYL PHTHALATE; DIBUTYL PHTHALATES; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DIETARY INTAKES; DIETHYL PHTHALATE; DIMETHYL PHTHALATE; FOOD SAMPLES; FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INGESTION RATE; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PHTHALATE ESTER; PHTHALATES; REFERENCE DOSE; SHANGHAI , CHINA; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES; WET WEIGHT;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; NUTRITION; PLASTICIZERS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; EQUIPMENT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN;

CHINA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICS;

EID: 84863953689     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf3021128     Document Type: Article

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