Plasticizer incident and its health effects in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Li, Jih Heng ^a   Ko, Ying Chin ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cloudy agent; Food safety; Health effect; Phthalate; Plasticizer

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ADENOMYOSIS; ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84864633323     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2012.05.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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