Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in indoor air in Kuwait: Implications for human exposure

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1419-1426

  Gevao, Bondi ^a   Al Bahloul, Majed ^a   Al Ghadban, Abdul Nabi ^a   Ali, Lulwa ^a   Al Omair, Ali ^a   Helaleh, Murad ^a   Al Matrouk, Khaled ^a   Zafar, Jamal ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Passive air sampling; PBDEs; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; SAMPLING;

INDOOR AIR; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLING; PBDES; PERSISTENT AIR POLLUTANTS;

ETHERS;

FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

INDOOR AIR; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRONICS; FOAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; KUWAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLATILIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [KUWAIT (NTN)]; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 31944448903     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.10.053     Document Type: Article

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