Human fetal exposure to triclosan and triclocarban in an urban population from Brooklyn, New York

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8831-8838

  Pycke, Benny F G ^a   Geer, Laura A ^b   Dalloul, Mudar ^c   Abulafia, Ovadia ^c   Jenck, Alizee M ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; CONSUMER PROTECTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MANUFACTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; OBSTETRICS;

BACTERIAL RESISTANCE; DETECTION FREQUENCY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CARBANILIDE DERIVATIVE; DRUG METABOLITE; GLUCURONIDE; SULFATE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HYDROLYSIS; PLASMA; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICAL BOND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FETUS BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; URINE;

BROOKLYN; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CARBANILIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; TRICLOSAN; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84905650459     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501100w     Document Type: Article

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