Risk assessment of human exposure to bioaccessible phthalate esters via indoor dust around the pearl river delta

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 8422-8430

  Kang, Yuan ^a,b   Man, Yu Bon ^b   Cheung, Kwai Chung ^b   Wong, Ming Hung ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCESSIBILITY; DERMAL CONTACTS; DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; GUANGZHOU; HONG-KONG; HOUSE CONSTRUCTION; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; LIMITED INFORMATION; MAJOR CITIES; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PHTHALATE ESTER; PHTHALATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DUST; ESTERIFICATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOPPING CENTERS;

ESTERS;

DI ISO BUTYL PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CORRELATION; DUST; INDOOR AIR; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ESTERS; HUMANS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84864716341     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300379v     Document Type: Article

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