Brominated flame retardants and perfluorinated compounds in indoor dust from homes and offices in Flanders, Belgium

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-487

  D'Hollander, Wendy ^a   Roosens, Laurence ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   Cornelis, Christa ^b   Reynders, Hans ^c   Campenhout, Karen Van ^c   Voogt, Pim de ^d   Bervoets, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c Department of Environment Nature and Energy   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Human exposure; Indoor dust; Perfluorinated compounds

Indexed keywords

BDE 209; BELGIUM; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CONGENER PATTERN; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; FLANDERS; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR DUST; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROBUTANE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REFERENCE DOSE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TIME SPENT; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE;

ACIDS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEALTH; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST; FLUOROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; ORGANOHALOGEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOMER; OFFICE DUST; SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BELGIUM; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HOUSING; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 77956877975     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.07.043     Document Type: Article

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