Ultra-processed food consumption and exposure to phthalates and bisphenols in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013–2014

Environment International

Volumn 131, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Buckley, Jessie P ^a,b   Kim, Hyunju ^b   Wong, Eugenia ^b   Rebholz, Casey M ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Endocrine disruptors; Exposure assessment; Phthalates; Processed food

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ESTERS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SUPPLY; METABOLITES; NUTRITION; PHENOLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

BIS-PHENOL A; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MINIMALLY PROCESSED FOODS; MULTI-VARIABLE LINEAR REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; PHTHALATES;

PROCESSED FOODS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BISPHENOL F; BISPHENOL S; MONO (3 CARBOXYPROPYL); MONO (CARBOXYISOCTYL); MONO (CARBOXYISONONYL); MONO BENZYL; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH SURVEY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOL; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; DIET; DIETARY EXPOSURE; FAST FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NUTRITION; UNITED STATES; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHILD; DIET; DIETARY EXPOSURE; FAST FOODS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85071782109     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105057     Document Type: Article

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