Dietary exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids for the Swedish population in 1999, 2005 and 2010

Environment International

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-127

  Vestergren, Robin ^a   Berger, Urs ^a   Glynn, Anders ^b   Cousins, Ian T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Human exposure; Perfluoroalkyl acids; PFOA; PFOS

Indexed keywords

DAIRY PRODUCTS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

DIETARY INTAKES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PFOA; PFOS;

NUTRITION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIET; DRINKING WATER; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; ORGANIC ACID;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84866479612     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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