Serum levels of perfluorinated compounds in the general population in Shenzhen, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 28-29, 2011, Pages 3092-3099

  Li, Xiao ^a   Zhang, JianQing ^b   Liu, Wei ^a   Li, XiaoNa ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Jiang, YouSheng ^b   Zhou, Jian ^b   Jin, YiHe ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

general population; perfluorinated compounds (PFCs); perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); perfluorooctanoate (PFOA); serum

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053128978     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4616-7     Document Type: Article

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