Occurrence, fate, behavior and ecotoxicological state of phthalates in different environmental matrices

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4019-4035

  Net, Sopheak ^a   Sempéré, Richard ^b,c   Delmont, Anne ^b,c   Paluselli, Andrea ^b,c   Ouddane, Baghdad ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ESTERS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTION;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; EXPOSURE MECHANISM; HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS; PHTHALIC ACID ESTERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; WATER; DUST; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PHTHALATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAW; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTERS; HUMANS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84923292945     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505233b     Document Type: Review

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