PCB and dioxin-like PCB in indoor air of public buildings contaminated with different PCB sources - deriving toxicity equivalent concentrations from standard PCB congeners

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1746-1753

  Heinzow, Birger ^a   Mohr, Siegfried ^a   Ostendorp, Guido ^a   Kerst, Melanie ^b   Körner, Wolfgang ^b  

^a State Agency for Social Services Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dioxin like PCB; Indoor air; PCB 118; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Risk assessment; TEQ

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

CONGENERS; ELASTIC SEALANTS; TOXICITY EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS (TEQ);

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEALANT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ALGORITHM; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33847666351     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.120     Document Type: Article

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