Passive sampling survey of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in indoor and outdoor air in Ottawa, Canada: Implications for sources and exposure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 5312-5318

  Wilford, Bryony H ^a,b   Harner, Tom ^a   Zhu, Jiping ^c   Shoeib, Mahiba ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AIR; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLAME RETARDANTS; FOAMED PLASTICS; POLYURETHANES; POPULATION STATISTICS; VAPORIZATION;

INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INHALATION PATHWAY; PASSIVE SAMPLING; POLYURETHANE FOAMS (PUF);

ETHERS;

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYURETHAN FOAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDOOR AIR; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCULATION; CANADA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INHALATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; ONTARIO; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; OTTAWA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 6044268004     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049260x     Document Type: Review

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