Human Exposure and Elimination Kinetics of Chlorinated Polyfluoroalkyl Ether Sulfonic Acids (Cl-PFESAs)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2396-2404

  Shi, Yali ^a   Vestergren, Robin ^b   Xu, Lin ^a   Zhou, Zhen ^c   Li, Chuangxiu ^a   Liang, Yong ^c   Cai, Yaqi ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; FISH; FLUORINE; KINETICS; PLATING;

ELIMINATION KINETICS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; ORGANIC FLUORINE; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; REGULATORY ACTIONS; RENAL CLEARANCE; SERUM CONCENTRATION; UNIDENTIFIED ORGANIC FLUORINE;

CHLORINE;

CARBON; CHLORINATED POLYFLUOROALKYL ETHER SULFONIC ACID; FLUORINE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUOROCARBON;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANOFLUORINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REACTION KINETICS; SERUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; METAL PLATING WORKER; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; RENAL CLEARANCE; SERUM; URINARY EXCRETION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HALF LIFE TIME; HALOGENATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHERS; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; HALF-LIFE; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 84959481028     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05849     Document Type: Article

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