Concentration, sources and human exposure of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in indoor dust in Heilongjiang Province, China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 640-644

  Zhu, Ning Zheng ^a   Qi, Hong ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a,b   Ma, Wan Li ^a   Liu, Li Yan ^a   Li, Yi Fan ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Human Resources and Social Security Department of Heilongjiang Province   (China)

Author keywords

Heilongjiang Province; Human exposure; Indoor dust; PBDEs; Sources

Indexed keywords

DUST; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; ETHERS;

BDE-209; HEILONGJIANG; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892371621     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-013-1095-3     Document Type: Article

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