Private drinking water wells as a source of exposure to perfuorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in communities surrounding a fluoropolymer production facility

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-97

  Hoffman, Kate ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a   Bartell, Scott M ^b   Weisskopf, Marc G ^c   Fletcher, Tony ^d   Vieira, Verónica M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Drinking water; Or c8); Perfluorooctanoic acid (pfoa; Pharmacokinetic modeling; Private wells; Serum

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUOROPOLYMER; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGED; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTANOIC ACIDS; OHIO; POLYMERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 78751526017     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002503     Document Type: Article

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