Evaluation of perfluorooctanoate for potential genotoxicity

Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) is a fully fluorinated eight-carbon fatty acid analog with exceptional stability toward degradation that has been used as an industrial surfactant and has been detected in environmental and biological matrices. Exposures to PFOA in the workplace and in the environment have...

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Main Authors: John L. Butenhoff, Gerald L. Kennedy, Reinhard Jung, Shu-Ching Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Toxicology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750014000328