Influence of contaminated drinking water on perfluoroalkyl acid levels in human serum - A case study from Uppsala, Sweden

Environmental Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 673-683

  Gyllenhammar, Irina ^a   Berger, Urs ^b,c   Sundström, Maria ^c   McCleaf, Philip ^d   Eurén, Karin ^d   Eriksson, Sara ^d   Ahlgren, Sven ^d   Lignell, Sanna ^a   Aune, Marie ^a   Kotova, Natalia ^a   Glynn, Anders ^a  

^a National Food Agency   (Sweden)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Uppsala Vatten och Avfall ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUOROSULFONIC ACID; GROUND WATER; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FOAM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC ACID; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AIRPORT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOAM; HUMAN; ISOMER; PIPELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; BLOOD; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931263216     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.05.019     Document Type: Article

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