Concentrations of perfluorinated compounds in human blood from twelve cities in China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2695-2701

  Pan, Yuanyuan ^a   Shi, Yali ^a   Wang, Jieming ^a   Cai, Yaqi ^a   Wu, Yongning ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Human blood; Perfluorinated compounds; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS; BLOOD SAMPLES; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; GENERAL POPULATION; HUMAN BLOODS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; WHOLE BLOOD;

ACIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORESTRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BLOOD;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MALE; ORGANOFLUORINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHILD; CHINA; DECANOIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTANOIC ACIDS; SULFONIC ACIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249253057     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.342     Document Type: Article

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