PBDEs in US and German clothes dryer lint: A potential source of indoor contamination and exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 623-628

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Shah, Nirav ^a   Colacino, Justin A ^a   Brummitt, Sharon I ^a   Ramakrishnan, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Robert Harris, T ^a   Päpke, Olaf ^b  

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

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clothes dryer lint; Dust; Germany; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; US

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILKS; CLOTHES DRYER LINT; DERMAL ABSORPTIONS; DUST DEPOSITIONS; ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; GERMANY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; HUMAN BLOODS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR CONTAMINATIONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; US;

AIR POLLUTION; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BLOOD; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DUST; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS ABSORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

DUST; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BREAST MILK; CLOTHING; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HOUSE DUST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63749094577     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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