Perfluorinated compounds in house dust from Ohio and North Carolina, USA

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3751-3756

  Strynar, Mark J ^a   Lindstrom, Andrew B ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH RISKS; TOXICITY;

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN EXPOSURE;

DUST;

FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONATE;

ALCOHOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; HEALTH RISKS; TOXICITY;

ALCOHOL; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACID; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DAY CARE; HOME; HOUSE DUST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DUST; FLUOROCARBONS; NORTH CAROLINA; OHIO; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43749094821     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7032058     Document Type: Article

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