Long-term simulation of human exposure to atmospheric perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanoate (PFO) in the Osaka Urban Area, Japan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 7852-7857

  Niisoe, Tamon ^a   Harada, Kouji H ^a   Ishikawa, Hirohiko ^a   Koizumi, Akio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; CHEMISTRY MODELS; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LONG TERM SIMULATION; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL; POINT SOURCES; SERUM CONCENTRATION; SERUM SAMPLES; TIME-PERIODS; URBAN AREAS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

ACIDS; AIR INTAKES; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERUM; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; JAPAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULATION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; OCTANOIC ACIDS; URBAN HEALTH;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KEIHANSHIN; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI];

EID: 77958028714     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101948b     Document Type: Article

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