Brominated flame retardants in dust from UK cars - Within-vehicle spatial variability, evidence for degradation and exposure implications

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1240-1245

  Harrad, Stuart ^a   Abdallah, Mohamed Abou Elwafa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cars; Degradation; Dust; HBCDs; Human exposure; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RAILROAD CARS; VEHICLES;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HBCDS; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TETRABROMOBIPHENOL A;

DUST;

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; INDICATOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TETRABROMOBIPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOMOBILE; DEGRADATION; DUST; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEBROMINATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; SAMPLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79451472731     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.038     Document Type: Article

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