Detection and intake assessment of organophosphate flame retardants in house dust in Japanese dwellings

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 478, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-199

  Tajima, Shuji ^a   Araki, Atsuko ^a   Kawai, Toshio ^b   Tsuboi, Tazuru ^b   Ait Bamai, Yu ^c   Yoshioka, Eiji ^c,d   Kanazawa, Ayako ^a   Cong, Shi ^c   Kishi, Reiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elementary school children; Floor dust; Organophosphate flame retardants (PFRs); Reference doses (RfDs); Upper surface dust

Indexed keywords

FLOORS; HOUSING; PLASTICIZERS;

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; PHOSPHORUS FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REFERENCE DOSE; TRIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE; UPPER SURFACE;

DUST;

FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS (2 BUTOXYETHYL) PHOSPHATE; TRIS (2 CHLORO ISOPROPYL) PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PBDE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOOR DUST; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURFACE DUST; VACUUM;

JAPAN;

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN; FLOOR DUST; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS (PFRS); REFERENCE DOSES (RFDS); UPPER SURFACE DUST;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84896726168     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.121     Document Type: Article

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