The madrid statement on poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2015, Pages A107-A111

  Blum, Arlene ^a,b   Balan, Simona A ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^c,d   Trier, Xenia ^e   Goldenman, Gretta ^f   Cousins, Ian T ^g   Diamond, Miriam ^h   Fletcher, Tony ⁱ   Higgins, Christopher ^j   Lindeman, Avery E ^b   Peaslee, Graham ^k   Voogt, Pim De ^l   Wang, Zhanyun ^d   Weber, Roland ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Green Science Policy Institute   (United States)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f European Centre on Sustainable Policies for Human and Environmental Rights   (Belgium)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^k HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^m POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL SAFETY; DISORDERS OF LIPID METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; TESTIS CANCER; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS;

EID: 84929492592     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1509934     Document Type: Article

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