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Serum Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) Concentrations and Liver Function Biomarkers in a Population with Elevated PFOA Exposure

Gallo V, Leonardi G, Genser B, Lopez-Espinosa M-J, Frisbee SJ, Karlsson L, Ducatman AM, Fletcher T.
Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Jan 30 [Epub ahead of print]
doi: 10.1289/ehp.1104436
Full text available at: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1289/ehp.1104436


Relationships of Perfluorooctanoate and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Serum Concentrations Between Child-Mother Pairs in a Population with Perfluorooctanoate Exposure from Drinking Water

Mondal D, Lopez-Espinosa M-J, Armstrong B, Stein CR, Fletcher T.
Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Jan 23 [Epub ahead of print]
doi: 10.1289/ehp.1104538
Full text available at: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1289/ehp.1104538


Serum Perfluorinated Compound Concentration and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children 5–18 Years of Age

Stein CR, Savitz DA.
Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Oct;119(10):1466-1471. Epub 2011 Jun 10.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.1003538
Full text available at: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1289/ehp.1003538


Retrospective exposure estimation and predicted versus observed serum perfluorooctanoic acid concentrations for participants in the C8 Health Project

Shin H-M, Vieira VM, Ryan PB, Steenland K, Bartell SM.
Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Dec;119(12):1760-1765. Epub 2011 Aug 3.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.1103729
Full text available at: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1289/ehp.1103729


Association of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) with age of puberty among children living near a chemical plant.

Lopez-Espinosa M-J, Fletcher T, Armstrong B, Genser B, Dhatariya K, Mondal D, Ducatman A, Leonardi G.
Environ Sci Technol. 2011 Oct 1;45(19):8160-6. Epub 2011 May 2.
doi: 10.1021/ es1038694
Full text available at: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es1038694


Comparison between free serum thyroxine levels, measured by analog and dialysis methods, in the presence of perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoate.

Lopez-Espinosa M-J, Fitz-Simon N, Bloom MS, Calafat AM, Fletcher T.
Reprod Toxicol. 2011 Apr 17. [Epub ahead of print]
doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.04.002
Full text available at: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.04.002


Environmental fate and transport modeling for perfluorooctanoic acid emitted from the Washington Works Facility in West Virginia.

Shin H-M, Vieira VM, Ryan PB, Detwiler R, Sanders B, Steenland K, Bartell SM.
Environ Sci Technol. 2011 Feb;45(4):1435-1442. Epub 2011 Jan 12
doi: 10.1021/es102769t
Full text available at: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es102769t


Private drinking water wells as a source of exposure to PFOA in communities surrounding a fluoropolymer production facility.

Hoffman K, Webster TF, Bartell SM, Weisskopf MG, Fletcher T, Vieira VM.
Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jan;119(1):92-7. Epub 2010 Oct 4
doi: 10.1289/ehp.1002503
Full text available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1002503


Accumulation and clearance of PFOA in current and former residents of an exposed community.

Seals R, Bartell SM, Steenland K.
Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jan;119(1):119-24. Epub 2010 Sep 22
doi: 10.1289/ehp.1002346
Full text available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1002346


Perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonate, and serum lipids in children and adolescents: Results from the C8 Health Project.

Frisbee SJ, Shankar A, Knox SS, Steenland K, Savitz DA, Fletcher T, Ducatman AM.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Sep;164(9):860-9.
doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.163
Full text available at: http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/164/9/860


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

Steenland K, Fletcher T, Savitz DA.
Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Aug;118(8):1100-8. Epub 2010 Apr 27
doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901827
Full text 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://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1289/ehp.0900940


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://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1289/ehp.0901252


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
Full text 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
Full text 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
Full text 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://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1289/ehp.0800294


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