Geographic and demographic variability in serum PFAS concentrations for pregnant women in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While major pathways of human PFAS exposure are thought to be drinking water and diet, other pathways and sources have also been shown to contribute to a person's cumulative exposure. However, the degree of contribution of these other sources to PFAS body burdens is still not well understood and occurrence data for PFAS in conssumer products and household materials are sparse. Questionnaire data concordant with biomonitoring may improve understanding of associations between other PFAS exposure pathways and exposure in human populations.

Objective

This study aims to better understand maternal and early-life exposures to PFAS from various potential sources and pathways in the context of household and community level characteristics.

Methods

PFAS data from the

SUBMITTER: DeLuca NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10541323 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature