Enhanced elimination of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid by menstruating women: Evidence from population-based pharmacokinetic modeling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8807-8814

  Wong, Fiona ^a   MacLeod, Matthew ^a   Mueller, Jochen F ^b   Cousins, Ian T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHARMACOKINETICS;

BODY WEIGHT; ELIMINATION RATE; FIRST-ORDER; HALF LIVES; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

RATE CONSTANTS;

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RITTER MODEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF LIFE TIME; NUTRITION; PHARMACOKINETICS; POLLUTANT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905641041     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500796y     Document Type: Article

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