Existence state of bromine as an indicator of the source of brominated flame retardants in indoor dust

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1437-1442

  Suzuki, Go ^a,b   Kida, Akiko ^a   Sakai, Shin Ichi ^c   Takigami, Hidetaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BDE 209; BEAM DIAMETERS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DETECTION SENSITIVITIES; DUST SAMPLES; DWELL TIME; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUSTS; MAGNIFIED IMAGES; MATRIXES; MICRO-X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; MICROPARTICULATES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DUST; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SPECTROMETERS;

BROMINE;

BROMINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BROMINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; INDOOR AIR; MAPPING METHOD; PBDE; VAPORIZATION;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BROMINE; DUST; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TELEVISION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 64349108533     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802599d     Document Type: Article

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