A mortality study on male subjects exposed to polyfluoroalkyl acids with high internal dose of perfluorooctanoic acid

The aim of the present study was to examine the association between exposure to polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and mortality (1970–2018) in a cohort of 462 male employees who had worked at least six months before 2009 for a factory (14,658 person-years; 107 deaths, average follow-up time 31.7 ye...

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Published in:	Environmental research Vol. 179; no. Pt A; p. 108743
Main Authors:	Girardi, Paolo, Merler, Enzo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.12.2019
Subjects:	absorbed dose acids Air Pollutants, Occupational - analysis Air Pollutants, Occupational - toxicity Alkanesulfonic Acids blood serum Caprylates - metabolism Caprylates - toxicity Cohort Studies Cohort study death diabetes Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Fluorocarbons - metabolism Fluorocarbons - toxicity human resources Humans Italy liver cirrhosis liver neoplasms Male males Mortality observational studies Occupational exposure Occupational Exposure - statistics & numerical data Perfluoroalkyl substances perfluorocarbons perfluorooctane sulfonic acid perfluorooctanoic acid relative risk Retrospective assessment toxicology Italy Retrospective assessment PFASs BTF Cohort study Mortality Perfluoroalkyl substances FA RM OGR Occupational exposure PFOA PFOS
ISSN:	0013-9351, 1096-0953, 1096-0953
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