Exceptionally high serum concentrations of perfluorohexanesulfonate in a canadian family are linked to home carpet treatment applications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 12960-12967

  Beesoon, Sanjay ^a   Genuis, Stephen J ^a   Benskin, Jonathan P ^a,b   Martin, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AXYS Analytical Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST INGESTION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH EXPOSURES; HUMAN SERUM; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; SCOTCHGARD; SERUM CONCENTRATION;

DUST; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY FLUIDS;

PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; EXCRETION; INDOOR AIR; INGESTION RATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING; SERUM; URINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CARPET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MALE; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CANADA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FECES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FLUOROCARBONS; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFONIC ACIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

EID: 84870517826     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3034654     Document Type: Article

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