Serum concentrations of major perfluorinated compounds among the general population in Korea: Dietary sources and potential impact on thyroid hormones

Environment International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-85

  Ji, Kyunghee ^a   Kim, Sunmi ^a   Kho, Younglim ^b   Paek, Domyung ^a   Sakong, Joon ^c   Ha, Jongsik ^d   Kim, Sungkyoon ^a   Choi, Kyungho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Exposure; Food; Inadvertent intake; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FOOD PRODUCTS;

BLOOD SAMPLES; BLOOD SERUM; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY SOURCES; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE LEVEL; GENERAL POPULATION; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HUMAN HEALTH; INADVERTENT INTAKE; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SERUM CONCENTRATION; SULFONIC ACID; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE;

HORMONES;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETABLE;

KOREA;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84860860167     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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