Phthalates: Relationships between Air, Dust, Electronic Devices, and Hands with Implications for Exposure
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jacob Kvasnicka; Linh V. Nguyen; Miriam L. Diamond; Congqiao Yang; Liisa M. Jantunen; Shelley A. Harris
- Source
- Environmental Science & Technology. 54:8186-8197
- Subject
- Adult
Adolescent
Phthalic Acids
Air pollution
Hand palms
010501 environmental sciences
medicine.disease_cause
Diethyl phthalate
01 natural sciences
Surface film
Young Adult
chemistry.chemical_compound
Adverse health effect
Environmental health
Humans
Environmental Chemistry
Medicine
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Ontario
business.industry
Dust
Environmental Exposure
General Chemistry
3. Good health
chemistry
Air Pollution, Indoor
Housing
Female
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1520-5851
0013-936X
Exposure to phthalates is pervasive and is of concern due to associations with adverse health effects. Exposures and exposure pathways of six phthalates were investigated for 51 women aged 18-44 years in Ontario, Canada, based on measured phthalate concentrations in hand wipes and indoor media in their residences. All six phthalates had detection frequencies of 100% in air (∑