Legacy and current-use flame retardants in house dust from Vancouver, Canada

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-182

  Shoeib, Mahiba ^a   Harner, Tom ^a   Webster, Glenys M ^b   Sverko, Ed ^c   Cheng, Yu ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative flame retardants; Flame retardants; Human exposure; Indoor dust; Non PBDE; PBDE

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; NON-PBDE; PBDE;

DUST; FLAME RETARDANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 1,2,3,4,5 PENTABROMOBENZENE; 2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; ALLY 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; BIS(2 ETHYL 1 HEXYL) TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; DECLORANE PLUS; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; INDOOR AIR; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84863806079     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.043     Document Type: Article

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