BACKGROUND: Phthalates are used in personal and consumer products, food packaging
materials, and polyvinyl chloride plastics and have been measured in the majority of the …

We analyzed 85 urine samples of the general German population for human specific
metabolites of phthalates. By that we avoided contamination with the parent phthalates …

Background: Gestational phthalate and bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may increase the risk of
adverse maternal/child health outcomes, but there are few data on the variability of urinary …

Phthalates are plasticizers in various products and regarded as endocrine disruptors due to
their anti-androgen effects. Environmental occurrence and toxicities of parent phthalates …

Phthalates are suspected of endocrine disrupting effects. We aimed to develop an analytical
method for simultaneous determination of several phthalate metabolites in human urine …

Background Widespread human exposure to phthalates, some of which are developmental
and reproductive toxicants in experimental animals, raises concerns about potential human …

Phthalates are used ubiquitously and human exposure is widespread. Some phthalates are
anti-androgens and have to be regarded as reproductive and developmental toxicants. In …

Background Fundamental considerations indicate that, for certain phthalate esters, dermal
absorption from air is an uptake pathway that is comparable to or greater than inhalation. Yet …

Phthalates (diesters of phthalic acid) are widely used as plasticizers and additives in many
consumer products. Laboratory animal studies have reported the endocrine-disrupting and …

A rapid and sensitive reverse-phase HPLC method with UV detection was developed for the
quantitation of dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), butyl benzyl phthalate …