Perfluorinated alkylated substances in vegetables collected in four European countries; occurrence and human exposure estimations

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7930-7939

  Herzke, Dorte ^a   Huber, Sandra ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^b   D'Hollander, Wendy ^b   Hajslova, Jana ^c   Pulkrabova, Jana ^c   Brambilla, Gianfranco ^d   De Filippis, Stefania Paola ^d   Klenow, Stefanie ^e   Heinemeyer, Gerhard ^e   de Voogt, Pim ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human exposure; Perfluorinated; PFAS; PFOA; Plants; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FOOD INTAKE; MONITORING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DANGEROUS GOODS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ITALY; NORWAY; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FLUOROCARBONS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; ITALY; NORWAY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

EUROPE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84885940769     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1777-8     Document Type: Article

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