Personal exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in residential indoor air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4574-4579

  Allen, Joseph G ^a   Mcclean, Michael D ^a   Stapleton, Heather M ^b   Nelson, Jessica W ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERSONAL CLOUD EFFECT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE);

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TOXIC MATERIALS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TOXIC MATERIALS;

AIR SAMPLING; INDOOR AIR; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT POPULATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BOSTON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447275660     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0703170     Document Type: Article

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