Further limiting bisphenol a in food uses could provide health and economic benefits

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 316-323

  Trasande, Leonardo ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTAINER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPOSURE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHILD; COST SAVINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84893546851     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0686     Document Type: Article

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