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- Title
Association between serum perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and thyroid disease in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
- Authors
Melzer, David; Rice, Neil; Depledge, Michael H; Henley, William E; Galloway, Tamara S
- Abstract
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, also known as C8) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are stable compounds with many industrial and consumer uses. Their persistence in the environment plus toxicity in animal models has raised concern over low-level chronic exposure effects on human health.
- Publication
Environmental health perspectives, 2010, Vol 118, Issue 5, p686
- ISSN
1552-9924
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1289/ehp.0901584