"Fluorocarbons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Liquid perfluorinated carbon compounds which may or may not contain a hetero atom such as nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, but do not contain another halogen or hydrogen atom. This concept includes fluorocarbon emulsions and fluorocarbon blood substitutes.
| Descriptor ID |
D005466
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.510.435
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| Concept/Terms |
Fluorinated Telomer Alcohols- Fluorinated Telomer Alcohols
- Alcohols, Fluorinated Telomer
- Telomer Alcohols, Fluorinated
- Polyfluorinated Telomer Alcohols
- Alcohols, Polyfluorinated Telomer
- Telomer Alcohols, Polyfluorinated
- Fluoro-Telomer Alcohols
- Alcohols, Fluoro-Telomer
- Fluoro Telomer Alcohols
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fluorocarbons" by people in Profiles.
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Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Associations with Pubertal Onset and Serum Reproductive Hormones in a Longitudinal Study of Young Girls in Greater Cincinnati and the San Francisco Bay Area. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 09; 131(9):97009.
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PFAS concentrations in early and mid-pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in a nested case-control study within the ethnically and racially diverse PETALS cohort. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Sep 13; 23(1):657.
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Associations of Pregnancy Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Concentrations and Uterine Fibroid Changes across Pregnancy: NICHD Fetal Growth Studies - Singletons Cohort. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 05; 131(5):57007.
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Birth Outcomes in Relation to Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Stress in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 03; 131(3):37006.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure, Gestational Weight Gain, and Postpartum Weight Changes in Project Viva. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 10; 28(10):1984-1992.
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Pregnancy Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Concentrations and Postpartum Health in Project Viva: A Prospective Cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 09 01; 105(9).
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Perfluorooctanoate and changes in anthropometric parameters with age in young girls in the Greater Cincinnati and San Francisco Bay Area. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2019 08; 222(7):1038-1046.
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Prenatal Maternal Serum Concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Association with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability. Environ Health Perspect. 2018 01 02; 126(1):017001.
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Cumulative Chemical Exposures During Pregnancy and Early Development. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2015 Dec; 2(4):367-78.
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Serum biomarkers of polyfluoroalkyl compound exposure in young girls in Greater Cincinnati and the San Francisco Bay Area, USA. Environ Pollut. 2014 Jan; 184:327-34.