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Table 1: Urinary concentrations of mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl)phthalate (MEHHP), mono-isobutyl phthalate (MIBP), and mono-benzyl phthalate (MBeP) to assess daily intakes of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), mono-butyl phthalate (MmBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DNBP), di-isobutyl phthalate (DIBP), and benzylbutyl phthalate (BBP).

  Metabolite concentration
(µg/g creatinine)
Phthalate intake
(µg/kg b.w.)
Year of sampling Reference
Age, number Median 95th
Percentile
Max Median 95th
Percentile
Max
DEHP (EFSA TDI of 50 µg/kg bw/day)
USA
6-11 y, n: 392 34.2 211 - 3.8 24 - 2001/02 NCEH 2005
>20 y, n: 1638 15.0 134 - 1.7 15 -
6-9 y; n: 90 43.8 a - - 5.0 - - 2004/05 Wolff et al. 2007
6-10 y; n: 35 76.4 592 1101 8.7 67 125 2004 Teitelbaum et al. 2008
Germany
3-14 y, n: 254 39.9 170 1990 4.5 19 227 2001/02 Becker et al. 2004
2-7 y; n: 36 55.8 107 129 6.4 12 15 2003 Koch et al. 2004b
20-59 y; n: 19 28.1 64 103 3.2 5.7 12
DNBP (EFSA TDI of 10 µg/kg bw/day)
USA
6-11 y, n = 392 35.1 146 - 1.3 5.3 - 2001/02 NCEH 2005
>20 y, n: 1638 15.4 71.6 - 0.6 2.6 -
6-9 y; n: 90 44.1a - -   - - 2004/05 Wolff et al. 2007
6-10 y; n: 35 52.6 165.1 661 1.9 6.0 24.0 2004 Teitelbaum et al. 2008
Germany
2-14 y, n = 239 136 491 2102 4.9 17.8 76 2001/02 Koch et al 2007
DIBP (no TDI allocated)
USA
6-11 y, n: 392 5.2 24 - 0.2 0.9 - 2001/02 NCEH 2005
>20 y, n: 1638 2.2 11 - 0.1 0.4 -
6-9 y; n: 90 11.1 - - 0.4 - - 2004/05 Wolff et al. 2007
6-10 y; n: 35 15.6 50.9 158 0.7 1.8 5.7 2004 Teitelbaum et al. 2008
BBP (EFSA TDI of 500 µg/kg bw/day)
USA
6-11 y, n = 392 37.2 195 - 1.2 6.5 - 2001/02 NCEH 2005
>20 y, n: 1638 11.8 64.9 - 0.4 2.2 -
6-9 y; n: 90 28.7a - - 1.0 - - 2004/05 Wolff et al. 2007
6-10 y; n: 35 36.6 288 824 1.2 9.6 27.5 2004 Teitelbaum et al. 2008
Germany
2-14 y, n = 239 13.2 82.7 567 0.4 2.8 18.9 2001/02 Koch et al. 2007

*geometric mean

Source: SCHER   Opinion on phthalates in school supplies (2008),
Section 3.4.1 “Exposure assessment”, pages 11-12.

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Table 1: Urinary concentrations of mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl)phthalate (MEHHP), mono-isobutyl phthalate (MIBP), and mono-benzyl phthalate (MBeP) to assess daily intakes of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), mono-butyl phthalate (MmBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DNBP), di-isobutyl phthalate (DIBP), and benzylbutyl phthalate (BBP).

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