Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in dust from personal automobiles in conjunction with studies on the photochemical degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209)

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 899-906

  Lagalante, Anthony F ^a   Shedden, Courtney S ^a   Greenbacker, Peter W ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile dust; Photochemistry; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; DUST; ETHERS; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SALES; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; VEHICLES;

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS (BDE209); DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PERSONAL VEHICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL STUDIES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); UVA IRRADIATIONS;

AUTOMOBILES;

DECABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DECARBROMODIPHENYL ETHER; PENTABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SODIUM SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOMOBILE; DEGRADATION; IRRADIATION; PBDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; DILUTION; DUST; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955610386     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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