Perfluorinated sulfonamides in indoor and outdoor air and indoor dust: Occurrence, partitioning, and human exposure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6599-6606

  Shoeib, Mahiba ^a   Harner, Tom ^a   Wilford, Bryony H ^a,b   Jones, Kevin C ^b   Zhu, Jiping ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYURETHANES;

DUST CONTAMINATION; OUTDOOR AIR; PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SULFONAMIDES (PFAS); SURFACE PROTECTION;

POLYAMIDES;

N ETHYLPERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; N ETHYLPERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDOETHANOL; N METHYLPERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDETHYLACRYLATE; N METHYLPERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDOETHANOL; PERFLUORINATED SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SULFONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DUST; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOME; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INGESTION; INHALATION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CANADA; CHILD; DUST; FLUOROCARBONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCTANOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24644480530     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048340y     Document Type: Article

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