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- Title
Perfluorooctanoic acid and cardiovascular disease in US adults.
- Authors
Shankar, Anoop; Xiao, Jie; Ducatman, Alan
- Abstract
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major public health problem. Identifying novel risk factors for CVD, including widely prevalent environmental exposures, is therefore important. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a manmade chemical used in the manufacture of common household consumer products. Biomonitoring surveys have shown that PFOA is detectable in the blood of more than 98% of the US population. Experimental animal studies suggest that an association between PFOA and CVD is plausible. However, this association in humans has not been previously examined. We therefore examined the independent relationship between serum PFOA levels and CVD outcomes in a representative sample of Americans.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2012, Vol 172, Issue 18, p1397
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3393