Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in residential dust: Sources of variability

Environment International

Volumn 57-58, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-24

  Whitehead, Todd P ^a   Brown, F Reber ^b   Metayer, Catherine ^a   Park, June Soo ^b   Does, Monique ^a   Petreas, Myrto X ^b   Buffler, Patricia A ^a   Rappaport, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Environmental Chemistry Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental exposures; House dust; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSING; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; SOURCES OF VARIABILITY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HOUSING;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOAM; FURNITURE; HISPANIC; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877080790     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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