Preliminary associations between the detection of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in drinking water and serum concentrations in a sample of California women

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 264-269

  Hurley, Susan ^a   Houtz, Erika ^b,c   Goldberg, Debbie ^a   Wang, Miaomiao ^b   Park, June Soo ^b   Nelson, David O ^a   Reynolds, Peggy ^a,d   Bernstein, Leslie ^e   Anton Culver, Hoda ^f   Horn Ross, Pamela ^g   Petreas, Myrto ^b  

^a Cancer Prevention Institute of California   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c ARCADIS   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; IMPURITIES; WATER;

CALIFORNIA; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SERUM CONCENTRATION; UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING RULES; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; ZIP CODE;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 84991525485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00154     Document Type: Article

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