Indoor phthalate concentration and exposure in residential and office buildings in Xi'an, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-152

  Wang, Xinke ^a   Tao, Wei ^a,b   Xu, Ying ^c   Feng, Jiangtao ^a   Wang, Fenghao ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China JK Institute of Engineering Investigation and Design   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Field study; Indoor air; Phthalate

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; EXPOSURE; FIELD STUDIES; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE PHASE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHTHALATES;

DUST; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GASES; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ESTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR; LINEARITY; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 84893368887     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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