Perfluorooctanesulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid exposures of the Italian general population

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1125-1130

  Ingelido, Anna Maria ^a   Marra, Valentina ^a   Abballe, Annalisa ^a   Valentini, Silvia ^a   Iacovella, Nicola ^a   Barbieri, Pietro ^b   Porpora, Maria Grazia ^c   Domenico, Alessandro di ^a   Felip, Elena De ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Local Sanitary Unit   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exposure; Human biomonitoring; Italian general population; Perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS); Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY;

EXPOSURE; GENERAL POPULATION; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ISOTOPE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

AGE CLASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ESTER; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DILUTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MEDIAN TEST; POPULATION;

BRESCIA; ITALY; LAZIO; LOMBARDY; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

BRESCIA;

EID: 77955430294     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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