Review of the toxicology, human exposure and safety assessment for bisphenol A diglycidylether (BADGE)

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 905-919

  Poole, A ^a   van Herwijnen, P ^b   Weideli, H ^c   Thomas, M C ^d   Ransbotyn, G ^e   Vance, C ^f  

^a DOW EUROPE GMBH   (Switzerland)

^b Dow Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^c EcoToxConsulting ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Huntsman Advanced Materials   (Switzerland)

^e APME   (Belgium)

^f ICI Paints   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BADGE; Endocrine disruption; Human exposure; Reproductive toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ANDROGEN; BISPHENOL A BIS(2 HYDROXYPROPYL) ETHER DIMETHACRYLATE; EPOXY RESIN; ESTROGEN;

BIOASSAY; BODY WEIGHT; CANNED FOOD; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENGINEERING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN IRRITATION; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ESTROGENS; FERTILITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH; HUMANS; RATS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 8544258822     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030400007294     Document Type: Review

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