Within-room and within-building temporal and spatial variations in concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in indoor dust

Environment International

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-27

  Muenhor, Dudsadee ^a,b   Harrad, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Exposure; Indoor dust; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Sources

Indexed keywords

DUST; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; HOUSES; INDUSTRY; SEPARATION;

BIRMINGHAM; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DUST LOADING; EXPOSURE; FLOOR SURFACE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SINGLE POINT; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; DUST; INDOOR AIR; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; DILUTION; DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862594434     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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