Urinary concentrations of parabens in Chinese young adults: Implications for human exposure

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 611-618

  Ma, Wan Li ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a,c   Guo, Ying ^a   Liu, Li Yan ^b   Qi, Hong ^b   Zhu, Ning Zheng ^b   Gao, Chong Jing ^b   Li, Yi Fan ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BENZYL PARABEN; BUTYL PARABEN; DRUG PRESERVATIVE; ETHYL PARABEN; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; METHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN;

ADULT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; FOOD INTAKE; GEOMETRY; URINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COSMETICS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; MALE; PARABENS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892607915     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-013-9924-2     Document Type: Article

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