Perfluorinated chemicals in selected residents of the American continent

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 490-496

  Calafat, Antonia M ^a   Needham, Larry L ^a   Kuklenyik, Zsuzsanna ^a   Reidy, John A ^a   Tully, Jason S ^a   Aguilar Villalobos, Manuel ^b   Naeher, Luke P ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Asociacion del Aire Ambiental   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; C8; Exposure; PFCs; PFOA; PFOS; Serum

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMPURITIES; NUTRITION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOMONITORING; C8; EXPOSURE; PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS (PFCS); PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID (PFOS); PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA); SERUM;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BODY FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMPURITIES; NUTRITION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

GENETIC VARIATION; INORGANIC ACID; POLLUTANT; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PERU; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; TRUJILLO; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645935396     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.08.028     Document Type: Article

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