Journal article
Partition of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in whole blood and plasma, assessed in maternal and umbilical cord samples from inhabitants of arctic Russia and Uzbekistan
Abstract
Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are ubiquitous in the environment world-wide. Our overall objective was to assess the exposure to PFASs experienced by delivering women and their new-borns in the industrial city of Norilsk (arctic Russia) and the rural Aral Sea region of Uzbekistan, with the secondary objective of evaluating the distribution of PFASs between blood cell and plasma fractions. Six PFASs were detected in every sample from Norilsk …
Authors
Hanssen L; Dudarev AA; Huber S; Odland JØ; Nieboer E; Sandanger TM
Journal
The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 447, , pp. 430–437
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.029
ISSN
0048-9697