Perfluorinated compounds: Occurrence and risk profile

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-608

  Kovářová, Jana ^a   Svobodová, Zdeňka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Perfluoroalkyl substances; PFOA; PFOS; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETOTOXICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 57149129720     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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