Use of simple pharmacokinetic modeling to characterize exposure of Australians to perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-397

  Thompson, Jack ^a   Lorber, Matthew ^b   Toms, Leisa Maree L ^a   Kato, Kayoko ^c   Calafat, Antonia M ^c   Mueller, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Blood monitoring; Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid; Perfluorooctanoic acid; PFOA; PFOS; Pharmacokinetic modeling

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; POTABLE WATER; RATE CONSTANTS;

AUSTRALIA; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PFOA; PFOS; PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL;

PHARMACOKINETICS;

DRINKING WATER; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; DRUG; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACTANT; URBAN AREA; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77950937263     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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