Open AccessPerfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Exposures and Incident Cancers among Adults Living Near a Chemical Plant
Author(s) -
Vaughn Barry,
Andrea Winquist,
Kyle Steenland
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1306615
Subject(s) - perfluorooctanoic acid , medicine , cancer , hazard ratio , cohort , prostate cancer , cancer registry , quartile , incidence (geometry) , kidney cancer , proportional hazards model , physiology , environmental health , confidence interval , chemistry , environmental chemistry , physics , optics
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a synthetic chemical ubiquitous in the serum of U.S. residents. It causes liver, testicular, and pancreatic tumors in rats. Human studies are sparse.
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