Part I. A temporal study of PFCAs and their precursors in human plasma from two german cities 1982-2009

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3865-3874

  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 PLASMA SAMPLES; HUMAN PLASMAS; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; PRECURSOR COMPOUNDS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

PLASMA (HUMAN);

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PLASMA;

CITIES; ESTERS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84876229520     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303716k     Document Type: Article

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