Human exposure to fluorotelomer alcohols, perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoate via house dust in Bavaria, Germany

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 485-490

  Xu, Zhenlan ^a,b   Fiedler, Stefan ^a   Pfister, Gerd ^a   Henkelmann, Bernhard ^a   Mosch, Christine ^c   Völkel, Wolfgang ^c   Fromme, Hermann ^c   Schramm, Karl Werner ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorotelomer alcohols; House dust; Human exposure; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; Perfluorooctanoate

Indexed keywords

FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE;

HOUSES;

DUST;

FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; DUST; INDOOR AIR; INGESTION RATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALCOHOLS; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CAPRYLATES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84870296056     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.089     Document Type: Article

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