Blood serum concentrations of perfluorinated compounds in men from Greenlandic Inuit and European populations

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1269-1275

  Lindh, Christian H ^a   Rylander, Lars ^a   Toft, Gunnar ^b   Axmon, Anna ^a   Rignell Hydbom, Anna ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^c   Pedersen, Henning S ^d   Góalczyk, Katarzyna ^e   Ludwicki, Jan K ^e   Zvyezday, Valentyna ^f   Vermeulen, Roel ^g   Lenters, Virissa ^g   Heederik, Dick ^g   Bonde, Jens Peter ^b   Jönsson, Bo A G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Greenland Institute of Natural Rsrc   (Greenland)

^e NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^f KHARKIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europeans; Greenlandic Inuits; Perfluorinated compounds; PFOA; PFOS; Seafood

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EUROPEANS; GREENLANDIC INUITS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PFOA; PFOS; SEAFOOD;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENS HEALTH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAFOOD; SERUM; TEA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESKIMO; EUROPE; FOOD INTAKE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; POLAND; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEA FOOD; SOCIAL ASPECT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEA; UKRAINE;

ARCTIC; CHARKOV; GREENLAND; MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; UKRAINE; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863093983     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.049     Document Type: Article

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