Urinary excretion of phthalate metabolites, phenols and parabens in rural and urban Danish mother-child pairs

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 772-783

  Frederiksen, Hanne ^a   Nielsen, Jeanette Kolstrup Søgaard ^b   Mørck, Thit Aarøe ^b   Hansen, Pernille Winton ^b   Jensen, Janne Fangel ^b   Nielsen, Ole ^a   Andersson, Anna Maria ^a   Knudsen, Lisbeth E ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benzophenone 3; Bisphenol A; Endocrine disruptors; Human exposure; Risk assessment; Tolerable daily intake; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,5-DICHLOROPHENOL; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; BENZYL PARABEN; COSMETIC; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHIONAMIDE; ETHYL PARABEN; METHYL PARABEN; MONOBENZYL PHTHALATE; OXYBENZONE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN;

2,4,5-TCP; 2,4-DCP; 2,5-DCP; 2-PHENYLPHENOL; 2-PP; 4-PHENYLPHENOL; 4-PP; ADULT; ARTICLE; BP-3; BPA; BZP; CHILD; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPOSURE; I-BUP; I-PRP; ISO-BUTYLPARABEN; ISO-PROPYLPARABEN; MALE; MBZP; MCIOP; MCPP; MECPP; MEHHP; MEHP; MEOHP; MEP; METABOLISM; MHINP; MIBP; MIDDLE AGED; MIDP; MINP; MNBP; MOINP; MONO(2-EHTHYL-5-CARBOXYPENTYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(2-EHTHYL-5-HYDROXYHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(2-EHTHYL-5-OXOHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(2-EHTHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(3-CARBOXYPROPYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(CARBOXY-ISO-OCTYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(HYDROXY-ISO-NONYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(OXO-ISO-NONYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-ISO-BUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO-ISO-DECYL PHTHALATE; MONO-ISO-NONYL PHTHALATE; MONO-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO-N-OCTYL PHTHALATE; MONOMETHYL PHTHALATE; MOP; MOTHER; N-BUP; N-BUTYLPARABEN; N-PROPYLPARABEN; N-PRP; RISK ASSESSMENT; TCCB; TCS; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE; URINE;

2,4,5-TCP; 2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4-DCP; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,5-DCP; 2,5-DICHLOROPHENOL; 2-PHENYLPHENOL; 2-PP; 4-PHENYLPHENOL; 4-PP; BENZOPHENONE-3; BENZYLPARABEN; BISPHENOL A; BP-3; BPA; BZP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ETHYLPARABEN; ETP; HUMAN EXPOSURE; I-BUP; I-PRP; ISO-BUTYLPARABEN; ISO-PROPYLPARABEN; MBZP; MCIOP; MCPP; MECPP; MEHHP; MEHP; MEOHP; MEP; METHYLPARABEN; MHINP; MIBP; MIDP; MINP; MNBP; MOINP; MONO(2-EHTHYL-5-CARBOXYPENTYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(2-EHTHYL-5-HYDROXYHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(2-EHTHYL-5-OXOHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(2-EHTHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(3-CARBOXYPROPYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(CARBOXY-ISO-OCTYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(HYDROXY-ISO-NONYL) PHTHALATE; MONO(OXO-ISO-NONYL) PHTHALATE; MONO-ISO-BUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO-ISO-DECYL PHTHALATE; MONO-ISO-NONYL PHTHALATE; MONO-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO-N-OCTYL PHTHALATE; MONOBENZYL PHTHALATE; MONOMETHYL PHTHALATE; MOP; N-BUP; N-BUTYLPARABEN; N-PROPYLPARABEN; N-PRP; RISK ASSESSMENT; TCCB; TCS; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN;

ADULT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHILD; COSMETICS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARABENS; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS;

EID: 84884587938     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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