Analysis of selected phthalates in Canadian indoor dust collected using household vacuum and standardized sampling techniques

Indoor Air

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 506-514

  Kubwabo, C ^a   Rasmussen, P E ^a   Fan, X ^a   Kosarac, I ^a   Wu, F ^a   Zidek, A ^a   Kuchta, S L ^a  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active dust; GC EI MS MS; Household dust; Phthalates; Sampling Techniques

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; EXTRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLVENTS;

ACTIVE DUST; DUST SAMPLES; GC-EI-MS-MS; GC/EI-MS/MS; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD DUSTS; INDOOR DUST; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; PHTHALATES; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE;

DUST;

DUST; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS; DUST; EVALUATION STUDY; HOUSING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

DUST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOUSING; PHTHALIC ACIDS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 84887165980     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12048     Document Type: Article

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