Social disparities in exposures to bisphenol A and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals: A cross-sectional study within NHANES 2003-2006

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nelson, Jessica W ^a   Scammell, Madeleine Kangsen ^a   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Income; NHANES; PFOA; PFOS; Polyfluoroalkyl chemicals; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYFLUOROALKYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANE; FLUOROCARBON; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

EDUCATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH RISK; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LINEARITY; ORGANIC ACID; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; URINE LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; URINE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALKANES; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHENOLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859131389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-10     Document Type: Article

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