Polyfluorinated compounds in serum linked to indoor air in office environments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1209-1215

  Fraser, Alicia J ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a   Watkins, Deborah J ^a   Nelson, Jessica W ^a   Stapleton, Heather M ^b   Calafat, Antonia M ^c   Kato, Kayoko ^c   Shoeib, Mahiba ^d   Vieira, Verónica M ^a   McClean, Michael D ^a  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR LEVEL; AIR SAMPLES; AIR SAMPLING; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; INDOOR AIR; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; OFFICE WORKERS; POTENTIAL SOURCES;

AMIDES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BODY FLUIDS;

SULFONAMIDE;

ALCOHOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORINATION; HUMAN; MALE; OFFICE WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BOSTON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS;

EID: 84855930069     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2038257     Document Type: Article

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