River water contaminated with perfluorinated compounds potentially posing the greatest risk to young children

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1617-1624

  Chimeddulam, Dalaijamts ^a   Wu, Kuen Yuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exposure; Hazard index; Perflourinated compounds; Probabilistic analysis; Risk assessment; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS;

EXPOSURE; HAZARD INDICES; PERFLOURINATED COMPOUNDS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

PERFLOURODECANOIC ACID; PERFLOUROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLOUROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; RIVER WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

KEYA RIVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 84872273337     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.08.039     Document Type: Article

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