Phthalates and parabens in personal care products from China: Concentrations and human exposure

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-119

  Guo, Ying ^a   Wang, Lei ^a,b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; COSMETIC; METHYL PARABEN; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PROPYL PARABEN; SHAMPOO;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ESTER; HEALTH RISK; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; LOTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

COSMETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; PARABENS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84892458639     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-013-9937-x     Document Type: Article

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