Air concentrations of PBDEs on in-flight airplanes and assessment of flight crew inhalation exposure

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 337-342

  Allen, Joseph G ^a   Sumner, Ann Louise ^b   Nishioka, Marcia G ^b   Vallarino, Jose ^a   Turner, Douglas J ^b   Saltman, Hannah K ^c   Spengler, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

airplanes; exposure; inhalation; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5 BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PENTABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 100; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIRCRAFT; BAYES THEOREM; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84879410840     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.62     Document Type: Article

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