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ReviewJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology

Bisphenol A exposure pathways in early childhood: Reviewing the need for improved risk assessment models.

Bridget F Healy, Karin R English, Paul Jagals, Peter D Sly

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Review in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. USEtox modeling of children's exposures to Bisphenol A (BPA) and alternatives in toys.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026
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  6. Neurotoxicants, the Developing Brain, and Mental Health.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2022
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  11. Potential Mechanisms of Bisphenol A (BPA) Contributing to Human Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  12. A regression-based model to predict chemical migration from packaging to food.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Bridget F HealyChildren's Health and Environment Program, Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Karin R EnglishChildren's Health and Environment Program, Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Paul JagalsSchool of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Peter D SlyChildren's Health and Environment Program, Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a plasticiser found in a number of household plastics, electronics, and food-packaging materials. Over the past 5 years, several human epidemiological studies have reported a positive association between BPA exposure and adverse health outcomes in children, including obesity, asthma, preterm birth, and neuro-behavioural disturbances. These findings are in conflict with international environmental risk assessment models, which predict daily exposure levels to BPA should not pose a risk to child health. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the evidence for different exposure sources and potential exposure pathways of BPA in early childhood. By collating the findings from experimental models and exposure associations observed in human bio-monitoring studies, we affirm the potential for non-dietary sources to make a substantial contribution to total daily exposure in young children. Infants and toddlers have distinctive exposure sources, physiology, and metabolism of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. We recommend risk-assessment models implement new frameworks, which specifically address exposure and hazard in early childhood. This is particularly important for BPA, which is present in numerous products in the home and day-care environments, and for which animal studies report contradictory findings on its safety at environmentally relevant levels of exposure.

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Benzhydryl CompoundsBisphenol A CompoundsChild, PreschoolEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringHumansModels, TheoreticalPhenolsRisk AssessmentBenzhydryl Compoundsbisphenol ABisphenol A CompoundsPhenols

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PMID26350983

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