Phthalate exposure and risk assessment in California child care facilities

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7593-7601

  Gaspar, Fraser W ^a   Castorina, Rosemary ^a   Maddalena, Randy L ^b   Nishioka, Marcia G ^c   McKone, Thomas E ^a,b   Bradman, Asa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DUST; EDUCATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS; BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONS; INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIRS; PHTHALATE EXPOSURES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITIES;

ESTERS;

DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DUST; HEALTH RISK; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DUST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903697978     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501189t     Document Type: Article

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