Exposure to select phthalates and phenols through use of personal care products among Californian adults and their children

Environmental Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 369-376

  Philippat, Claire ^a,b   Bennett, Deborah ^a   Calafat, Antonia M ^c   Picciotto, Irva Hertz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Parabens; Personal care products; Phenols; Phthalates; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BUTYL PARABEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HAND SANITIZER; OXYBENZONE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PROPANE; SOAP; SUNSCREEN; COSMETIC; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; CORRELATION; HEALTH RISK; PHENOL; PHTHALATE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSMETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS;

EID: 84928736145     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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