Morphology, spatial distribution, and concentration of flame retardants in consumer products and environmental dusts using scanning electron microscopy and Raman micro-spectroscopy

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-26

  Wagner, Jeff ^a   Ghosal, Sutapa ^a   Whitehead, Todd ^b   Metayer, Catherine ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Exposure assessment; Flame retardants; Raman

Indexed keywords

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES (GC-MS); INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; RAMAN; TRANSFER MECHANISMS;

BROMINE; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

DUST;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; BISMUTH; BROMINE; CHLORINE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER PRODUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EXPOSURE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; RAMAN;

BROMINE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84878715699     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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