Preliminary observations on perfluorinated compounds in plasma samples (1977-2004) of young German adults from an area with perfluorooctanoate-contaminated drinking water

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-145

  Wilhelm, Michael ^a   Hölzer, Jürgen ^a   Dobler, Lorenz ^b   Rauchfuss, Knut ^c   Midasch, Oliver ^d   Kraft, Martin ^e   Angerer, Jürgen ^d   Wiesmüller, Gerhard ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c North Rhine Westphalia State Agency for Nature   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e Ministry of the Environment and Conservation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental specimen bank; Germany; Human biomonitoring; PFC study Sauerland; PFCs; PFHxS; PFOA; PFOS; Plasma; Time trend analysis

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149103134     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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