Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in central air-conditioner filter dust and relevance of non-dietary exposure in occupational indoor environments in Greece

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-70

  Besis, Athanasios ^a   Katsoyiannis, Athanasios ^b   Botsaropoulou, Elisavet ^a   Samara, Constantini ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central air conditioner filter; Greece; Human exposure; Indoor dust; Intake; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Workplaces

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR INTAKES; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; DUST; ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONER FILTER; GREECE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; INTAKE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); WORKPLACES;

AIR FILTERS;

BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 100; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 119; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 138; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 15; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 153; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 154; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 166; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 17; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 181; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 183; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 203; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 206; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 207; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 209; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 28; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 47; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 66; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 71; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 77; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 85; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 99; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR CONDITIONING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PBDE; WORKPLACE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTER; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHEMICAL LABORATORY; COFFEE SHOP; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST EXPOSURE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT STORE; GREECE; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTERNET CAFE; LIBRARY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE; RESTAURANT; WORKPLACE;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONER FILTER; GREECE; HUMAN EXPOSURE; INDOOR DUST; INTAKE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDES); WORKPLACES;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84894383102     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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