Country specific comparison for profile of chlorinated, brominated and phosphate organic contaminants in indoor dust. Case study for Eastern Romania, 2010

Environment International

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Dirtu, Alin C ^a,b   Ali, Nadeem ^a   Van den Eede, Nele ^a   Neels, Hugo ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

DDT; Flame retardants; Human exposure; Indoor dust; PCBs; Romania

Indexed keywords

DUST; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEALTH RISKS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DDT; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; PCBS; ROMANIA;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DDT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

IASI; ROMANIA;

EID: 84865313418     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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