Part II. A temporal study of PFOS and its precursors in human plasma from two german cities in 1982-2009

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3875-3882

  Yeung, Leo W Y ^a   Robinson, Shona J ^a   Koschorreck, Jan ^b   Mabury, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN PLASMAS; HUMAN SERUM; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TARGET ANALYTES; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; PLASMA (HUMAN);

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

N ETHYL PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDOETHANOL; N METHYL PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDOACETATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDOACETATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMMODITY; COMMODITY MARKET; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; METABOLISM; SAMPLING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; PLASMA;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CITIES; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84876216295     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4004153     Document Type: Article

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