Exposure of German residents to ethylene and propylene glycol ethers in general and after cleaning scenarios

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2714-2721

  Fromme, H ^a   Nitschke, L ^a   Boehmer, S ^a   Kiranoglu, M ^a   Goen T ^b  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkoxyacetic acids; Exposure; Glycol ethers; Indoor; Metabolite

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; METABOLITES; POLYOLS; PROPYLENE;

ALKOXYACETIC ACIDS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER; EXPOSURE; GLYCOL ETHERS; INDOOR; INTERNAL EXPOSURE; PHENOXYACETIC ACID; VOLATILE SUBSTANCES;

ETHERS;

1 PROPYLENE GLYCOL 2 MONOETHYL ETHER; 1 PROPYLENE GLYCOL 2 MONOMETHYL ETHER; 1 PROPYLENE GLYCOL 3 MONOETHYL ETHER; 2 BUTOXYETHANOL; 2 BUTOXYPROPIONIC ACID; 2 ETHOXYETHANOL; 2 METHOXYETHANOL; 2 PHENOXYETHANOL; 2 PROPOXYETHANOL; BUTOXYACETIC ACID; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYLETHER; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ETHYLENE; METHOXYACETIC ACID; PHENOXYACETIC ACID; PROPOXYACETIC ACID; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; ETHER; ETHYLENE; INDOOR AIR; METABOLITE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOLVENT; URINE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METABOLITE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84873310333     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.051     Document Type: Article

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