Alternatives to PFASs: Perspectives on the science

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2015, Pages A104-A105

  Birnbaum, Linda S ^a   Grandjean, Philippe ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; BIPHENYL; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; SURFACTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL SAFETY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG EXPOSURE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84929463914     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1509944     Document Type: Editorial

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