Perfluoroalkyl substances in UK indoor and outdoor air: Spatial and seasonal variation, and implications for human exposure

Environment International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-90

  Goosey, Emma ^a   Harrad, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exposure; Homes; Offices; PFASs

Indexed keywords

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BIRMINGHAM; ENGLAND; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HOMES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; IN-LINE; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; LIVING ROOM; OFFICES; OUTDOOR AIR; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFASS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; URBAN LOCATIONS; URBAN OUTDOOR; URBAN SITE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL; N ETHYLPERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDOETHANOL; ORGANOFLUORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; OUTDOOR AIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860842863     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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