Perfluorooctanoic acid exposure and thyroid disease in community and worker cohorts

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-264

  Winquist, Andrea ^a   Steenland, Kyle ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAPRYLATES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84894054600     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000040     Document Type: Article

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