Retrospective monitoring of perfluorocarboxylates and perfluorosulfonates in human plasma archived by the German Environmental Specimen Bank

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 633-640

  Schröter Kermani, Christa ^a   Müller, Josef ^b   Jürling, Heinrich ^b   Conrad, André ^a   Schulte, Christoph ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human biomonitoring; Human environmental specimen bank; Perfluoroalkyl substances; PFHxS; PFOA; PFOS; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIMEN BANK; MALE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PFHXS; PFOA; PFOS; POLLUTANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPORAL TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN BIOMONITORING; HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIMEN BANK; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PFHXS; PFOA; PFOS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ADULT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BLOOD BANKS; CAPRYLATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFONIC ACIDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884595492     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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