Phthalate metabolites in urine samples from Beijing children and correlations with phthalate levels in their handwipes

Indoor Air

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 572-581

  Gong, M ^a   Weschler, C J ^a,b   Liu, L ^c   Shen, H ^c   Huang, L ^a   Sundell, J ^a   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Contact transfer; Dermal absorption; Exposure pathway; Indoor air quality; Indoor exposure; Percutaneous absorption

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOMOLECULES; BODY FLUIDS; ESTERS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTACT TRANSFER; DERMAL ABSORPTION; DERMAL UPTAKE; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION; PHTHALATES; TOTAL UPTAKE; URINE SAMPLE;

METABOLITES;

PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTICIZER;

CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; URINE;

BEIJING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 84946499404     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12179     Document Type: Article

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