Semivolatile organic compounds in indoor air and settled dust in 30 French dwellings

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3959-3969

  Blanchard, Olivier ^a,b,c   Glorennec, Philippe ^a,b   Mercier, Fabien ^a,b   Bonvallot, Nathalie ^a,b   Chevrier, Cécile ^b   Ramalho, Olivier ^c   Mandin, Corinne ^b,c   Bot, Barbara Le ^a,b  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; GASES; HOUSING; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DIBUTYL PHTHALATES; DIISONONYL PHTHALATE; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SVOCS); SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

ESTERS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; FLAME RETARDANT; MUSK; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIISONONYL ESTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; DUST; GAS PHASE REACTION; INDOOR AIR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; GAS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FRANCE; HUMANS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84897495309     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405269q     Document Type: Article

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