Perfluorooctanoic acid exposure and cancer outcomes in a contaminated community: A geographic analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 318-323

  Vieira, Verónica M ^a,b   Hoffman, Kate ^a,c   Shin, Hyeong Moo ^d,e   Weinberg, Janice M ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a   Fletcher, Tony ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C8; GIS; Kidney cancer; PFOA; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTIS CANCER;

ANIMALS; CAPRYLATES; CARCINOGENS; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84874633114     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205829     Document Type: Article

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