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Epidemiologic evidence on the health effects of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).

Steenland K, Fletcher T, Savitz DA.
Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Apr 27. [Epub ahead of print]
doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901827
Abstract available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0901827


Association of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) with uric acid among adults with elevated community exposure to PFOA.

Steenland K, Tinker S, Shankar A, Ducatman A.
Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Feb;118(2)229-33.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.0900940
Full text available at: http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2009/0900940/abstract.html


Rate of decline in serum PFOA concentrations after granular activated carbon filtration at two public water systems in Ohio and West Virginia.

Bartell SM, Calafat AM, Lyu C, Kato K, Ryan PB, Steenland K.
Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Feb;118(2):222-8.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901252
Full text available at: http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2009/0901252/abstract.html


The C8 health project: design, methods, and participants.

Frisbee SJ, Brooks AP Jr, Maher A, Flensborg P, Arnold S, Fletcher T, Steenland K, Shankar A, Knox SS, Pollard C, Halverson JA, Vieira VM, Jin C, Leyden KM, Ducatman AM.
Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Dec;117(12):1873-1882. Epub 2009 Jul 13.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.0800379
Full text available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800379


A cross-sectional analysis of type II diabetes in a community with exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).

MacNeil J, Steenland NK, Shankar A, Ducatman A.
Environ Res. 2009 Nov; 109(8):997-1003. Epub 2009 Sep 8.
doi:10.1016/j.envres.2009.08.002
Abstract available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2009.08.002


Association of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate with serum lipids among adults living near a chemical plant.

Steenland K, Tinker S, Frisbee S, Ducatman A, Vaccarino V.
Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Nov 15;170(10):1268-78. Epub 2009 Oct 21.
doi: 10.1093/aje/kwp279
Abstract available at: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/kwp279


Serum levels of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate and pregnancy outcome.

Stein CR, Savitz DA, Dougan M.
Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Oct 1;170(7):837-846. Epub 2009 Aug 19.
doi:10.1093/aje/kwp212
Abstract available at: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/170/7/837


Predictors of PFOA levels in a community surrounding a chemical plant.

Steenland K, Jin C, MacNeil J, Lally C, Ducatman A, Vieira V, Fletcher T.
Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Jul;117(7):1083-1088. Epub 2009 Mar 23.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.0800294
Full text available at: http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2009/0800294/abstract.html


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