Contamination of benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizers in house dust from the Philippines: Implications on human exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 424, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-181

  Kim, Joon Woo ^a,b   Isobe, Tomohiko ^a,b   Malarvannan, Govindan ^a   Sudaryanto, Agus ^c   Chang, Kwang Hyeon ^d   Prudente, Maricar ^e   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^e DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

BUVSs; House dust; Human exposure; Philippines

Indexed keywords

BENZOTRIAZOLES; BUVSS; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DUST INGESTION; DUST SAMPLES; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; FOUR-ORDER; GUIDELINE VALUES; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MEDIAN VALUE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PHILIPPINES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; TARGET COMPOUND; ULTRAVIOLET STABILIZERS; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOUSES; PIGMENTS;

DUST;

2 (2H 5 METHYLPHENYL)BENZOTRIAZOLE; 2 (2H BENZOTRIAZOL 2 YL) 4 METHYL 6 (2 PROPENYL)PHENOL; 2 (2H BENZOTRIAZOL 2 YL) 4,6 BIS(1 METHYL 1 PHENYLETHYL)PHENOL; 2 (2H BENZOTRIAZOL 2 YL) 4,6 DI TERT BUTYLPHENOL; 2 (2H BENZOTRIAZOL 2 YL) 4,6 DI TERT PENTYLPHENOL; 2 TERT BUTYL 6 (5 CHLORO 2H BENZOTRIAZOL 2 YL) 4 METHYLPHENOL; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; STABILIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; DUST; HEALTH RISK; LANDFILL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DUST EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; PHILIPPINES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRIAZOLES;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84862810930     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.040     Document Type: Article

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