Human nails analysis as biomarker of exposure to perfluoroalkyl compounds

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8144-8150

  Liu, Wei ^a   Xu, Lei ^a   Li, Xiao ^a   Jin, Yi He ^a   Sasaki, Kazuaki ^b   Saito, Norimitsu ^b   Sato, Itaru ^c   Tsuda, Shuji ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Research Institute for Environmental Sciences and Public Health of Iwate Prefecture   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HPLC-MS/MS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN NAILS; LARGE POPULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; NONINVASIVE METHODS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; SERUM LEVELS;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

BODY FLUIDS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SERUM; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051971446     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1036207     Document Type: Article

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