Persistent perfluorinated acids in seafood collected from two cities of China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3736-3741

  Gulkowska, Anna ^a   Jiang, Qinting ^b   So, Man Ka ^b   Taniyasu, Sachi ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^b   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; PERFLUORINATED ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE (PFOS); SEAFOODS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ACID; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL CULTURE; SEAFOOD; SURVEY; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRAB; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; SEA FOOD; SEASHORE; SHRIMP;

ADULT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHINA; CITIES; CRUSTACEA; DIET; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MOLLUSCA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; STOMATOPODA;

EID: 33745116554     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060286t     Document Type: Article

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