Monitoring of bisphenol A and bisphenol S in thermal paper receipts from the Italian market and estimated transdermal human intake: A pilot study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 599-600, Issue , 2017, Pages 68-75

  Russo, Giacomo ^a   Barbato, Francesco ^a   Grumetto, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Bisphenol S; Endocrine disruptors; Liquid chromatography; Thermal paper receipts; Transdermal intake

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIS-PHENOL A; BISPHENOL S; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; THERMAL PAPER; TRANSDERMAL;

PAPER;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BISPHENOL S; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; BIS(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)SULFONE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SULFONE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONITORING;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LINEARITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBUSTNESS; SELECTIVITY; SKIN ABSORPTION; THERMAL PAPER RECEIPT; VALIDATION STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; PILOT STUDY;

DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ITALY;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; ITALY; PAPER; PHENOLS; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN ABSORPTION; SULFONES;

EID: 85018245949     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.192     Document Type: Article

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