Phosphorus flame retardants in indoor dust and their relation to asthma and allergies of inhabitants

Indoor Air

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-15

  Araki, A ^a,b   Saito, I ^c   Kanazawa, A ^b   Morimoto, K ^d   Nakayama, K ^d   Shibata, E ^e   Tanaka, M ^f   Takigawa, T ^g   Yoshimura, T ^h   Chikara, H ^h   Saijo, Y ⁱ   Kishi, R ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

ⁱ ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Dwellings; Indoor dust; Organophosphate triesters; Phosphorus flame retardants

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALLERGIES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLOORS; HOUSING; PLASTICIZERS; SOLVENTS;

ASTHMA; DWELLING; FLAME RETARDANTS AND PLASTICIZERS; INDOOR DUST; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MULTI-SURFACE; ODD RATIOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE ESTERS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE TRIESTERS; PHOSPHORUS FLAME RETARDANTS;

DUST;

FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DUST; DWELLINGS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDOOR DUST; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHATE TRIESTERS; PHOSPHORUS FLAME RETARDANTS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; DWELLINGS; INDOOR DUST; ORGANOPHOSPHATE TRIESTERS; PHOSPHORUS FLAME RETARDANTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892373848     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12054     Document Type: Article

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