Detection of organophosphate flame retardants in furniture foam and U.S. house dust

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7490-7495

  Stapleton, Heather M ^a   Klosterhaus, Susan ^b   Eagle, Sarah ^a   Fuh, Jennifer ^a   Meeker, John D ^c   Blum, Arlene ^d   Webster, Thomas F ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FORMULATION; COELUTION; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DUST SAMPLES; FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH FREQUENCY; HOUSE DUST; MAXIMUM VALUES; PHOSPHATE COMPOUNDS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SOUND-PROOFING; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHATE;

CHEMICALS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DUST; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAMMABILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SALES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; TRIS(1 CHLORO 2 PROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(1,3 DICHLORO 2 PROPYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; ETHER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; TEMPORAL RECORD; VOLUME;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FURNITURE; HOUSE DUST; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; FLAME RETARDANTS; HOUSING; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PORPHYRINS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350089621     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9014019     Document Type: Article

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