Associations of phthalate concentrations in floor dust and multi-surface dust with the interior materials in Japanese dwellings

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 147-157

  Ait Bamai, Yu ^a   Araki, Atsuko ^b   Kawai, Toshio ^c   Tsuboi, Tazuru ^c   Saito, Ikue ^d   Yoshioka, Eiji ^a,e   Kanazawa, Ayako ^b   Tajima, Shuji ^b   Shi, Cong ^a   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DEHP; House dust; Interior materials; Phthalates; PVC

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; ESTERS; FLOORS; HOUSES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLVENTS;

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; DEHP; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOUSE DUST; INTERIOR MATERIALS; PHTHALATES; SELECTIVE ION MONITORING;

DUST;

DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIISONONYL ESTER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FLOOR; HEALTH IMPACT; PHTHALATE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOUSE DUST; HOUSING; ION MONITORING; JAPAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD;

JAPAN;

BBZP; BENZYL BUTYL PHTHALATE; BHT; DBP; DEHA; DEHP; DEP; DI-(2-ETHYLHEXYL) ADIPATE; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DI-ISO-BUTYL PHTHALATE; DI-ISO-NONYL PHTHALATE; DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; DIBP; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DIBUTYLHYDROXYTOLUEN; DIETHYL PHTHALATE; DIMETHYL PHTHALATE; DINP; DMP; DNBP; HOUSE DUST; INTERIOR MATERIALS; LEAST SQUARE MEAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOD; LSM; PHTHALATES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PVC; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SVOC;

DUST; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84883777357     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.107     Document Type: Article

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