Occurrence of cyclic and linear siloxanes in indoor dust from China, and implications for human exposures

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6081-6087

  Lu, Yan ^a,b   Yuan, Tao ^a   Yun, Se Hun ^b   Wang, Wenhua ^a   Wu, Qian ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SILOXANE; DAILY INTAKE; DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; DUST SAMPLES; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; INGESTION RATE; INTAKE RATE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DUST;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; DODECAMETHYLCYCLOHEXASILOXANE; LINEAR SILOXANE; OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; SILOXANE; TETRADECAMETHYLCYCLOHEPTASILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DUST; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING; TODDLER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHINA; CYCLIZATION; DUST; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SILOXANES; SMOKING;

EID: 77956555153     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101368n     Document Type: Article

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