Urinary levels of eight phthalate metabolites and bisphenol A in mother-child pairs from two Spanish locations

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-57

  Cutanda, Francisco ^a   Koch, Holger M ^b   Esteban, Marta ^a   Sánchez, Jinny ^a   Angerer, Jürgen ^b   Castaño, Argelia ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Human biomonitoring; Metabolites; Phthalates; Spain; Urine

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SPAIN; URINE;

ADULT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SPAIN;

EID: 84940164380     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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