Organophosphorus flame retardants in house dust from the Philippines: Occurrence and assessment of human exposure

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 812-822

  Kim, Joon Woo ^a,b   Isobe, Tomohiko ^a,b   Sudaryanto, Agus ^c   Malarvannan, Govindan ^a   Chang, Kwang Hyeon ^d   Muto, Mamoru ^a   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

House dust; Human exposure; PFRs; Philippines; UHPLC MS MS

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DIETARY OVERLAP; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; ETHER; HEALTH RISK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84873098332     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1237-x     Document Type: Article

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