Perfluoroalkyl chemicals in vacuum cleaner dust from 39 Wisconsin homes

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 779-783

  Knobeloch, Lynda ^a   Imm, Pamela ^a   Anderson, Henry ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; PFCs; PFOA; PFOS; Vacuum; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; VACUUM; VACUUM CLEANERS;

CHOLESTEROL LEVELS; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PFCS; PFOA; PFOS; WISCONSIN;

DUST;

ALKYL GROUP; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL CHEMICAL; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANE SULFONATE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDODECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; RESIDENTIAL AREA; UNITED STATES; VACUUM CLEANING;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84861677704     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.082     Document Type: Article

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