Airborne perfluorooctanoate may be a substantial source contamination in Kyoto Area, Japan

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-69

  Harada, K ^a   Nakanishi, S ^b   Saito, N ^c   Tsutsui, T ^b   Koizumi, A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Pref Inst Hygienic E   (Japan)

^c Research Institute for Environmental Sciences and Public Health of Iwate Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; AIR POLLUTANT; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; JAPAN; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 15744382447     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0548-0     Document Type: Article

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