Characteristic profiles of urinary p -hydroxybenzoic acid and its esters (Parabens) in children and adults from the United States and China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2069-2076

  Wang, Lei ^a,b   Wu, Yinghong ^c   Zhang, Wei ^c   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b,d  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Tianjing Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT FEMALES; DAILY INTAKE; DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GM CONCENTRATIONS; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; P-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; URINE SAMPLE;

BODY FLUIDS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

PARABENS;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BENZYL PARABEN; BUTYL PARABEN; ETHIONAMIDE; METHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN;

ADULT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ESTER; EXCRETION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYBENZOATES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARABENS; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874091553     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304659r     Document Type: Article

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