Identifying transfer mechanisms and sources of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in indoor environments using environmental forensic microscopy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3067-3072

  Webster, Thomas F ^a   Harrad, Stuart ^b   Millette, James R ^c   Holbrook, R David ^d   Davis, Jeffrey M ^d   Stapleton, Heather M ^e   Allen, Joseph G ^f   McClean, Michael D ^a   Ibarra, Catalina ^b   Abdallah, Mohamed Abou Elwafa ^b,g   Covaci, Adrian ^h  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MVA SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Environmental Health & Engineering Inc   (United States)

^g Assiut University   (Egypt)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BDE 209; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; DUST PARTICLE; DUST SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MATRIX; NON-VOLATILE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSFER MECHANISMS;

ABRASION; BROMINE; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; EROSION; ETHERS; HOUSES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

DUST;

BROMINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BROMINE COMPOUND; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; HOUSE DUST; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SYNTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WEATHERING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUTOMOBILES; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MASSACHUSETTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 66449109718     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803139w     Document Type: Article

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