Low serum levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) in children and adults from Afghanistan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3493-3495

  Hemat, Hamayon ^a   Wilhelm, Michael ^a   Völkel, Wolfgang ^b   Mosch, Christine ^b   Fromme, Hermann ^b   Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Drinking water; Human biomonitoring; PFCs; PFHxS; PFOA; PFOS

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; BLOOD SAMPLES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DRINKING WATER; GENERAL POPULATION; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; LOW LEVEL; OFFLINE; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PROTEIN PRECIPITATION; SERUM LEVELS; TAP WATER; WELL WATER;

ACETONITRILE; BLOOD; RURAL AREAS;

POTABLE WATER;

ACETONITRILE; DRINKING WATER; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WELL WATER; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; BIOMONITORING; CHILD; DRINKING WATER; ORGANOFLUORINE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEIN; SERUM;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRECIPITATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER SUPPLY; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTANOIC ACIDS; SULFONIC ACIDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; CAPRYLATES;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 77953717383     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.04.040     Document Type: Article

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