Pilot study on levels of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in selected foodstuffs and human milk from Italy

Food Chemistry

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 197-203

  Guerranti, Cristiana ^a,b   Perra, Guido ^a   Corsolini, Simonetta ^a   Focardi, Silvano E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Food contamination; Human exposure; Newborn intake; Perfluorinated compounds

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILK; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; NEWBORN INTAKE; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CEREAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; HUMAN; ITALY; PILOT STUDY; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MILK, HUMAN; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84874933071     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.12.066     Document Type: Article

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