人类中的新型和传统的基和多基物质:长期的时间变化和代谢干扰

Che-Jung Chang1, Anna S Young2, Alexander Keil3

  • 1Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States; DLH LLC, Bethesda, MD, United States.

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概括

新的和多基基物质 (PFAS) 比传统的PFAS显示出更大的时间变化和影响更广泛的代谢途径. 进一步的研究对于了解它们对健康的影响至关重要.

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