The relationships between sixteen perfluorinated compound concentrations in blood serum and food, and other parameters, in the general population of South Korea with proportionate stratified sampling method

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1390-1400

  Kim, Hee Young ^a   Kim, Seung Kyu ^b   Kang, Dong Mug ^a,c   Hwang, Yong Sik ^a   Oh, Jeong Eun ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Busan; Food intake; General population; PFOA; PFOS; Serum

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; NUTRITION;

BUSAN; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL POPULATION; PFOA; PFOS; SERUM;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANE SULFONATE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD INTAKE; ORGANOFLUORINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; SERUM;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA;

PUSAN [PUSAN (ADS)]; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

BUSAN; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL POPULATION; PFOA; PFOS; SERUM;

ADULT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84891737711     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.039     Document Type: Article

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