Bisphenol A: Update on newly developed data and how they address NTP's 2008 finding of "Some Concern"

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-295

  Shelnutt, Susan ^a   Kind, John ^a   Allaben, William ^b  

^a Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; BPA; BPA exposure; BPA metabolism pharmacokinetics; Food contact material; International Regulatory Status

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; COGNITION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BOTTLE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MATERIAL STATE; METABOLISM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MICE; PHENOLS; RATS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84877345639     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.03.027     Document Type: Review

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