Association of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) with age of puberty among children living near a chemical plant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8160-8166

  Lopez Espinosa, Maria Jose ^a   Fletcher, Tony ^a   Armstrong, Ben ^a   Genser, Bernd ^b,c   Dhatariya, Ketan ^d   Mondal, Debapriya ^a   Ducatman, Alan ^e   Leonardi, Giovanni ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HORMONE LEVELS; PERFLUOROCARBONS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SEXUAL MATURATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHILD HEALTH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HORMONE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PLANT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBERTY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENARCHE; OCTANOIC ACIDS; OHIO; PUBERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; WEST VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; OHIO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053408249     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1038694     Document Type: Article

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