Discussion of "Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in aircraft cabins - A source of human exposure?" by Anna Christiansson et al. [Chemosphere 73(10) (2008) 1654-1660]

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-208

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Colacino, Justin ^b   Haffner, Darrah ^c   Patel, Keyur ^a   Opel, Matthias ^d   Päpke, Olaf ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flight attendants; Occupational exposure; PBDEs; Pilot

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BLOOD; CIVIL AVIATION; ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AIRCRAFT PILOTS; AMERICAN AIRLINES; FLIGHT ATTENDANTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PBDES; PILOT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE;

CABINS (AIRCRAFT);

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AIRCRAFT; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PBDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANNA;

EID: 71949129751     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.072     Document Type: Note

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