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SUBMITTER: Li Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5327476 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Yangjie Y Cheng Yating Y Xie Zhiyong Z Zeng Feng F
Scientific reports 20170227
In this study, eight perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) and five thyroid hormones (TSH, FT4, FT3, TGAb, and TMAb) were determined in 202 human serum samples of the general population of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces in southern China. Σ<sub>8</sub>PFASs concentrations ranged from 0.85 to 24.3 ng/mL with a mean value of 4.66 ng/mL. The PFASs composition profiles of human serum samples nearly make no difference at different locations. A significant increase was observed for ∑<sub>8< ...[more]