Sources, emissions, and fate of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls indoors in Toronto, Canada

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3268-3274

  Zhang, Xianming ^a   Diamond, Miriam L ^a   Robson, Matthew ^a   Harrad, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR EXCHANGE RATES; AROCLORS; CO-LOCATED; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONGENER PROFILES; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCB CONGENERS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; TORONTO; TORONTO , CANADA; TOTAL EMISSIONS; TOTAL LOSS;

DUST; ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEALANT;

DUST; INDOOR AIR; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PBDE; PCB; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

AIR; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FURNITURE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KINETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 79954479007     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102767g     Document Type: Article

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