Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA): emerging contaminants of increasing concern in fish from Lake Varese, Italy

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

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

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

European perch; Human exposure; Lake Varese; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS MS); PFOS

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; FISH; LAKES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCREENING;

EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; EUROPEAN PERCH; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PERFLUOROALKYLATED SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; PFOS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

MEATS;

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATED FISH; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; ITALY; LAKE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE; PERCH; SEA FOOD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ITALY; LAKE VARESE; LOMBARDY; VARESE;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CAPRYLATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIET; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LAKES; MUSCLES; PERCHES; SEAFOOD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84937439949     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4686-0     Document Type: Article

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