Publications on PFAS

* Corresponding author; † co-first author

• Kim JW, Noh S, Jang H, Kang H, Choi YH, Kim DH, Jeon J*, Choi YH*. 2025. Quantification and Ocular Exposure Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Mass-Market Eye-Makeup Products. Journal of Environmental Health Sciences, 51(5): 273-283. (written in Korean)

• Shin MW, Kang H, Kim SH*. 2025. Concentrations of Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Lipid Health in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Korean National Environmental Health Survey 2018–2020. Toxics, 13(2): 91.

• Kang H, Park SK, Kim DH*, Choi YH*. 2024. Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and age-related macular degeneration in US middle-aged and older adults. Chemosphere, 364: 143167.

• Kang H, Kim SH*. 2024. Associations between serum perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl concentrations and diabetes mellitus in the Korean general population: Insights from the Korean National Environmental Health Survey 2018-2020. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 259: 114385.

• Kang H, Kim DH*, Choi YH*. 2024. Elevated levels of serum per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in contact lens users of U.S. young adults. Chemosphere, 350: 141134.

• Kang H, Ding N, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Mukherjee B, Calafat AM, Park SK*. 2023. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and lipid trajectories in midlife women: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. Environmental Health Perspectives, 131(8): 087004.

• Kang H, Calafat AM, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Park SK*. 2023. Isomer-specific determinants of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) among US adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation Multi-Pollutant Study (SWAN-MPS). Environmental Science & Technology, 57(1): 385–394.

• Kang H†, Kim HS†, Yoon YS, Lee J, Kho Y, Lee J, Chang HJ, Cho YH*, Kim YA*. 2021. Placental transfer and composition of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs): A Korean birth panel of parent-infant triads. Toxics, 9(7): 168.

• Kang H, Lee HK, Moon HB, Kim S, Lee J, Ha M, Hong S, Kim S, Choi K*. 2018. Perfluoroalkyl acids in serum of Korean children: Occurrences, related sources, and associated health outcomes. Science of The Total Environment, 645: 958–965.

• Kang H, Choi K*, Lee HS, Kim DH, Park NY, Kim S, Kho Y*. 2016. Elevated levels of short carbon-chain PFCAs in breast milk among Korean women: Current status and potential challenges. Environmental Research, 148: 351–359.

Publication for the general public

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