Community exposure to perfluorooctanoate: Relationships between serum concentrations and exposure sources

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 759-770

  Emmett, Edward Anthony ^a,d   Shofer, Frances Susan ^a   Zhang, Hong ^b   Freeman, David ^c   Desai, Chintan ^a   Shaw, Leslie Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Grand Central Family Medicine   (United States)

^c Decatur Community Association   (United States)

^d Occupational Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VEGETABLE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCTANOIC ACIDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 33747107734     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000232486.07658.74     Document Type: Article

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