Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in indoor and outdoor window organic films in Izmir, Turkey

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 185, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 784-791

  Cetin, Banu ^a   Odabasi, Mustafa ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Film air partition coefficient; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Source profiles; Window organic films

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATION; GASPHASE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL SITES; MIXTURE COMPONENTS; MODELING RESULTS; OCTANOL-AIR; ORGANIC FILMS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDES); SOURCE PROFILES; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; STEEL PLANT; SURFACE FILMS; WINDOW GLASS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ETHERS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYACRYLATES; STEELMAKING;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

3,3',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; BDE 100; BDE 153; BDE 154; BDE 209; BDE 28; BDE 47; BDE 99; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFILM; INDOOR AIR; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PBDE; SUBURBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; QUALITY CONTROL; TURKEY;

IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 78649965863     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.09.089     Document Type: Article

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