Urinary excretion of phthalate metabolites in school children of China: Implication for cumulative risk assessment of phthalate exposure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1120-1129

  Wang, Bin ^a   Wang, Hexing ^a   Zhou, Wei ^b   Chen, Yue ^c   Zhou, Ying ^a   Jiang, Qingwu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BODY FLUIDS; HAZARDS; MANUFACTURE; METABOLITES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PHTHALATE EXPOSURES; PHTHALATE METABOLITES; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE; URINARY METABOLITES;

ESTERS;

CREATININE; DI ISOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONO N BUTYL PHTHALATE; MONOISONONYL PHTHALATE; MONOOCTYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIISOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONOBUTYL PHTHALATE; MONOISONONYLPHTHALATE; POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; METABOLITE; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; METABOLITE; MULTICENTER STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; POLLUTANT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; URINE;

CHINA;

CHILD; CHINA; CREATININE; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84921720579     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504455a     Document Type: Article

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