title: Assessment of adult human exposure to phthalate esters in the urban centre of Paris (France).
abstract: Human exposure to phthalates was assessed through digestive and respiratory intakes. Six phthalates (DMP, DEP, DnBP, BBP, DEHP, DnOP) were investigated in drinking water, in current foodstuff and in ambient air. Digestive intake was prevailing (92 %) with a major contribution of food (95.5 %). Phthalate intake from water was mainly due to bottled water (60 %) in spite of the minor volume absorbed daily. From the respiratory tract, it was dominated by DEP: 30.3 ng kg(-1) bw day(-1) and the part played by indoor air prevailed. Total intake were as ng kg(-1) bw day(-1), for DEHP: 1458, DnBP: 191.8, BBP: 164.3, DEP: 107.7, DMP: 79.1.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Hydrologie Environnement, Ecole Pratique des hautes etudes, UMR 7619 Sisyphe, UPMC, BC 105, Tour 56, 4 PL. Jussieu, 75252, Paris, Cedex 05, France. martine.blanchard@upmc.fr
authors.forename: Blanchard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martine
authors.forename: Teil
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marie-Jeanne
authors.forename: Dargnat
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cendrine
authors.forename: Alliot
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fabrice
authors.forename: Chevreuil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marc
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D010297:Paris; D010795:Phthalic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D060766:Drinking Water; D010795:Phthalic Acids; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical