Concentrations and emissions of polybrominated diphenyl ethers from U.S. houses and garages

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2693-2700

  Batterman, Stuart A ^a   Chernyak, Sergei ^a   Jia, Chunrong ^a   Godwin, Christopher ^a   Charles, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; AMBIENT ENVIRONMENTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; EMISSION RATES; EMISSION SOURCES; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; IN BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTERS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REAL-WORLD; SETTLED DUSTS; TEST CHAMBERS;

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DUST; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GARAGES (PARKING); HOUSES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BUILDINGS;

FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

DUST; INDOOR AIR; MASS BALANCE; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VAPOR;

HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HOUSING; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 65249110309     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8029957     Document Type: Article

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