Differential accumulation and elimination behavior of perfluoroalkyl acid isomers in occupational workers in a manufactory in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6953-6962

  Gao, Yan ^a   Fu, Jianjie ^a   Cao, Huiming ^a   Wang, Yawei ^a,b   Zhang, Aiqian ^a   Liang, Yong ^b   Wang, Thanh ^c   Zhao, Chunyan ^d   Jiang, Guibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DUST; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMINS; MANUFACTURING PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

ISOMERS;

DRINKING WATER; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; DUST; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; INDOOR AIR; MANUFACTURING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACTANT; URINE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ISOMER; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA CLEARANCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; ISOMERISM; MANPOWER; POLLUTANT; URINE;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; CHINA; DIET; DRINKING WATER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ISOMERISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 84930662943     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00778     Document Type: Article

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