The C8 health project: Design, methods, and participants

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1873-1882

  Frisbee, Stephanie J ^a   Brooks Jr , A Paul ^b   Maher, Arthur ^b   Flensborg, Patsy ^b   Arnold, Susan ^b   Fletcher, Tony ^c   Steenland, Kyle ^d   Shankar, Anoop ^a   Knox, Sarah S ^a   Pollard, Cecil ^a   Halverson, Joel A ^a   Vieira, Verónica M ^e   Jin, Chuanfang ^a   Leyden, Kevin M ^f   Ducatman, Alan M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Brookmar Inc   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C8; Environmental contamination; Perfluorocarbons; PFOA; Toxic tort settlement

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTANOIC ACIDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70349502971     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800379     Document Type: Article

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