Perfluorinated compounds in the vicinity of a fire training area - Human biomonitoring among 10 persons drinking water from contaminated private wells in Cologne, Germany

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-215

  Weiß, Odulf ^a   Wiesmüller, Gerhard A ^a   Bunte, Anne ^a   Göen, Thomas ^b   Schmidt, Carsten K ^c   Wilhelm, Michael ^d   Hölzer, Jürgen ^d  

^a Public Health Department of Cologne   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c RHEINENERGIE AG   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Firefighting; Human biomonitoring; Perfluorinated compounds; PFC; PFHxS; PFOA; PFOS; Well

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WELL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS; FIRES; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTANOIC ACIDS; REFERENCE VALUES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857367500     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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