PFASs in the General Population

Molecular and Integrative Toxicology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 51-76

  Kato, Kayoko ^a   Ye, Xiaoyun ^a   Calafat, Antonia M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Exposure assessment; PFOA; PFOS

Indexed keywords

EID: 85091525822     PISSN: 21684219     EISSN: 21684235     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15518-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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