Professional ski waxers' exposure to PFAS and aerosol concentrations in gas phase and different particle size fractions

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 814-822

  Nilsson, Helena ^a   Kärrman, Anna ^a   Rotander, Anna ^a   Van Bavel, Bert ^a   Lindström, Gunilla ^a   Westberg, Håkan ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CAPRYLATES; FLUOROCARBONS; GASES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879595646     PISSN: 20507887     EISSN: 20507895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3em30739e     Document Type: Article

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