Determinants of plasma PFOA and PFOS levels among 652 Danish men

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8137-8143

  Eriksen, Kirsten T ^a   Sørensen, Mette ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^b   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Overvad, Kim ^c   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY BURDEN; COOKING METHODS; COPENHAGEN; DIETARY INTAKES; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; HUMAN BLOODS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; PLASMA LEVELS; TAP WATER; WATER SAMPLES;

BEVERAGES; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; NUTRITION; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

PLASMAS;

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; TAP WATER;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DUST; EGG; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; COOKING; DENMARK; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRYING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; SMOKING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AGED; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTANOIC ACIDS;

AARHUS [DENMARK]; COPENHAGEN [(CTY) HOVEDSTADEN]; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN;

EID: 80053412706     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100626h     Document Type: Article

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