Novel flame retardants, 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)-ethane and 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromoethylbenzene, in United States' environmental samples

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2472-2477

  Hoh, Eunha ^a   Zhu, Lingyan ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

1,2-BIS(2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE (TBE); 2,2,4,5,6-PENTABROMOETHYL-BENZENE (PEB); HEXABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE); SEDIMENT CORE;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2,3,4,5,6 PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT CORE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BROMOBENZENES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744398855     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048508f     Document Type: Article

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