Occurrence of parabens in foodstuffs from China and its implications for human dietary exposure

Environment International

Volumn 57-58, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-74

  Liao, Chunyang ^a,b   Chen, Lingxin ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Daily intake; Dietary exposure; Foodstuffs; Market basket survey; Parabens

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; CANNING; CEREAL PRODUCTS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; MEATS; NUTRITION; OILS AND FATS; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); VEGETABLES;

DAILY INTAKE; DIETARY EXPOSURE; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN DIETARY EXPOSURES; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; MARKET BASKET; P-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID;

PARABENS;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ETHYL PARABEN; METHYL PARABEN; OIL; PROPYL PARABEN;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; HEALTH IMPACT; INGESTION RATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAN; BEVERAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDIMENT; COOKIES; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; VEGETABLE;

CHINA;

EID: 84877928360     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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