Aggregate exposure approaches for parabens in personal care products: A case assessment for children between 0 and 3 years old

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 208-214

  Gosens, Ilse ^a   Delmaar, Christiaan J E ^a   Ter Burg, Wouter ^a   De Heer, Cees ^a   Schuur, A Gerlienke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aggregate; children; exposure; parabens; personal care products; probabilistic

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARABENS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84896711666     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.33     Document Type: Article

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