Bisphenol A exposure via thermal paper receipts

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 413-420

  Porras, Simo P ^a   Heinälä, Milla ^a   Santonen, Tiina ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Bisphenol A; Exposure; Thermal paper; Urine

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SIMULATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; DRUG EFFECTS; FINLAND; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; PHENOLS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910070734     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.08.020     Document Type: Article

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