Exposure assessment and health risk of poly-brominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants in the indoor environment of elementary school students in Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1376-1389

  Lim, Young Wook ^a   Kim, Ho Hyun ^a   Lee, Chung Soo ^a   Shin, Dong Chun ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^b   Yang, Ji Yeon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elementary school student; Multimedia and multipathway exposure; PBDEs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DUST; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLOORS; HEALTH RISKS; LIBRARIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS;

CONTRIBUTION RATE; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MULTIMEDIA AND MULTIPATHWAY EXPOSURE; MULTIPLE ROUTES; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DECA POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXA POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; OCTA POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PENTA POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TETRA POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHILD; DUST EXPOSURE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAND; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INGESTION; LIBRARY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; WINTER;

KOREA;

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT; MULTIMEDIA AND MULTIPATHWAY EXPOSURE; PBDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84891746573     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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