Perfluoroalkyl acids in blood serum samples from children in Taiwan

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7650-7655

  Bao, Jia ^a   Lee, Yungling Leo ^b   Chen, Pau Chung ^b   Jin, Yi He ^c   Dong, Guang Hui ^d  

^a SHENYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood serum; Children; Perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA); Perfluorocarboxylate (PFCA); Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); Perfluorosulfonate (PFSA); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; RIVER WATER;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; RIVER; TAIWAN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; RIVERS; TAIWAN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902550664     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2594-4     Document Type: Article

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