The concentrations of phthalates in settled dust in Bulgarian homes in relation to building characteristic and cleaning habits in the family

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 8553-8559

  Kolarik, Barbara ^a,b   Bornehag, Carl Gustaf ^a,c,d   Naydenov, Kiril ^e   Sundell, Jan ^f   Stavova, Petra ^a,g   Nielsen, Ole Faurskov ^h  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^e ALECTIA A S   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^g CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Building characteristic; Phthalates; Polishing products; PVC flooring; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; FLOORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLISHING; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WOOD; WOODEN FLOORS;

APPLICATIONS.; BUILDING CHARACTERISTIC; BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; BUTYL BENZYL PHTHALATE; DIETHYL PHTHALATE; DIMETHYL PHTHALATE; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST SAMPLES; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR DUSTS; LOW FREQUENCIES; PHTHALATE; PHTHALATE ESTERS; PHTHALATES; POLISHING AGENTS; PVC FLOORING; RAMAN SPECTRUM; SETTLED DUSTS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZES; WOOD FLOORINGS;

ESTERS;

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER;

BUILDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; PHTHALATE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING; CHILD; CLEANING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; WHEEZING;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION; DUST; ESTERS; FLOOR COVERINGS; PHTHALATES; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RAMAN SPECTRA; WOOD;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 54949121687     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.08.028     Document Type: Article

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