Concentrations and composition profiles of parabens in currency bills and paper products including sanitary wipes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 475, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-15

  Liao, Chunyang ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Human exposure; Paper currencies; Paper products; Para hydroxy benzoic acid; Parabens

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAPER PRODUCTS;

COMPOSITION PROFILE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENERAL POPULATION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (LC MS/MS); P-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; PAPER CURRENCY; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS;

PARABENS;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BENZYL PARABEN; BUTYL PARABEN; ETHYL PARABEN; HEPTYL PARABEN; METHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYGIENE PRODUCT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONEY; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SANITARY WIPE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PAPER PRODUCTS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HUMAN EXPOSURE; PAPER CURRENCIES; PAPER PRODUCTS; PARA-HYDROXY BENZOIC ACID; PARABENS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PAPER; PARABENS;

EID: 84892181234     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.097     Document Type: Article

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