Polyfluoroalkyl chemicals in the U.S. population: Data from the national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES) 2003-2004 and comparisons with NHANES 1999-2000

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1596-1602

  Calafat, Antonia M ^a   Wong, Lee Yang ^a   Kuklenyik, Zsuzsanna ^a   Reidy, John A ^a   Needham, Larry L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTANOIC ACIDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449122211     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10598     Document Type: Article

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