Co-release of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and nano- and microparticles from thermal cutting of polystyrene foams

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 10990-10996

  Zhang, Haijun ^c   Kuo, Yu Ying ^a,b   Gerecke, Andreas C ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIR CONCENTRATIONS; ALVEOLAR REGIONS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BREATHING ZONES; CASCADE IMPACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE FOAMS; EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENES; FAST MOBILITY; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; INSULATION MATERIALS; MICRO-PARTICLES; NANO-METER SCALE; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYSTYRENE FOAMS; SUBCHRONIC; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE; THERMAL CUTTING; WORKPLACE EXPOSURE;

AEROSOLS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLYSTYRENES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FOAMED PLASTICS;

COBALT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYSTYRENE;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FOAM; INSULATION; MOBILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; WORKPLACE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; NANOPARTICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSTYRENES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84869987006     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302559v     Document Type: Article

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