Epidemiologic evidence on the health effects of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1100-1108

  Steenland, Kyle ^a   Fletcher, Tony ^b   Savitz, David A ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health effects; Pfoa

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DRINKING WATER; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SEX HORMONE; URIC ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIVER TOXICITY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FLUOROCARBONS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIDNEY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; OCTANOIC ACIDS; REPRODUCTION; URIC ACID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956073285     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901827     Document Type: Review

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