Fish consumption as a source of human exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances in Italy: Analysis of two edible fish from Lake Maggiore

Chemosphere

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 181-186

  Squadrone, S ^a   Ciccotelli, V ^a   Favaro, L ^a   Scanzio, T ^a   Prearo, M ^a   Abete, M C ^a  

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish; Lake Maggiore; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS MS); PFOS

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; LAKES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEATS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SCREENING;

EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; LAKE MAGGIORE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (LC MS/MS); PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUND (PFCS); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PFOS; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALKYL GROUP; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGEN; EDIBLE SPECIES; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANOFLUORINE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRESH WEIGHT; ITALY; LAKE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ITALY; LAKE MAGGIORE;

FISH; LAKE MAGGIORE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (LC-MS/MS); PFOS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CAPRYLATES; DIET; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; LAKES; MUSCLES; PERCHES; SALMONIDAE; SEAFOOD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905700026     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.085     Document Type: Article

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