Perfluoroalkyl contaminants in window film: Indoor/outdoor, urban/rural, and winter/summer contamination and assessment of carpet as a possible source

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7317-7323

  Gewurtz, Sarah B ^a,b   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^b,c   Crozier, Patrick W ^b   Diamond, Miriam L ^c   Helm, Paul A ^b   Marvin, Chris H ^d   Reiner, Eric J ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MIXING; AIR SAMPLING; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHEMICAL PROFILES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; ONTARIO , CANADA; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PERFLUOROALKYL CONTAMINANTS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RURAL SITE; TORONTO; WASH OFF; WINDOW FILM;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; CARPET MANUFACTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOORS; INSTALLATION; WAXES;

WINDOWS;

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; PERFLUOROALKYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILM; FLUORIDE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; RURAL AREA; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CITIES; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FLUOROCARBONS; ONTARIO; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 70349616335     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9002718     Document Type: Article

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