Maternal serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids in five international birth cohorts.

Journal: International journal of hygiene and environmental health
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) are persistent and bioaccumulating compounds, which are spread all over the globe. We aimed to compare the PFAA concentrations in serum from pregnant women in five birth cohorts from four countries (Denmark, China, Norway, and Greenland).

Authors

  • Christian Bjerregaard-Olesen
    Centre for Arctic Health & Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Rossana Bossi
    Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark.
  • Zeyan Liew
    Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Manhai Long
    Centre for Arctic Health & Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Bodil H Bech
    Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Jørn Olsen
    Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
  • Tine B Henriksen
    Perinatal Epidemiology Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark; Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
  • Vivian Berg
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostic Clinic, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
  • Therese H Nøst
    Department of Environmental Chemistry, NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway, Norway; Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
  • Jun J Zhang
    Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • Jon Ø Odland
    Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
  • Eva C Bonefeld-Jørgensen
    Centre for Arctic Health & Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: ebj@ph.au.dk.