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Stoffmonographie für Parabene – Referenzwerte für Parabene im Urin von Erwachsenen

Stellungnahme der Kommission „Human-Biomonitoring“ des Umweltbundesamtes

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Die Kommission dankt Herrn Prof. Dr. Jürgen Angerer, Herrn Dr. Michael Schümann und Herrn Dr. Holger M. Koch, IPA Bochum, für die Erarbeitung der Stellungnahme sowie Frau Petra Apel, Umweltbundesamt, und Frau Angela Lehmann, Umweltbundesamt, für die kritischen Hinweise und die redaktionelle Bearbeitung.

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Bekanntmachung des Umweltbundesamtes. Stoffmonographie für Parabene – Referenzwerte für Parabene im Urin von Erwachsenen. Bundesgesundheitsbl. 57, 1340–1349 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-014-2055-8

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