Semivolatile organic compounds in indoor environments

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 9018-9040

  Weschler, Charles J ^a,b   Nazaroff, William W ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic behavior; Exposure; Flame retardants; Partitioning; Pesticides; Plasticizers

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAMMABILITY; MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SKIN; SOLVENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACES;

AIR PROCESSING; AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS; AIRBORNE PARTICLES; BODY BURDENS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; FIXED SURFACES; HAND WIPES; HOST MATERIALS; HUMAN SKINS; HUMAN TRANSPORTS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; KINETIC CONSTRAINTS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTITION COEFFICIENTS; PARTITIONING; PRIMARY SOURCES; REMOVAL MECHANISMS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SIMPLE MODELS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BIOCIDE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARYOPHYLLENE; FLAME RETARDANT; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; GEOSMIN; HERBICIDE; LINOLEIC ACID; NICOTINE; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLASTICIZER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PRESERVATIVE; SILICONE; STEARIC ACID; SURFACTANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

INDOOR AIR; KINETICS; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; HAND; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL SCIENCE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SKIN;

ACACIA KOA;

EID: 56249138930     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.052     Document Type: Article

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