Organophosphate flame retardants in indoor dust from Egypt: Implications for human exposure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4782-4789

  Abdallah, Mohamed Abou Elwafa ^a,b   Covaci, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DUST INGESTION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; REGULATORY ACTIONS; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHATE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANT; PHOSPHATE; TRIS 1,3 DICHLOROPROPYLPHOSPHATE; TRIS(1 CHLORO 2 PROPYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ARTICLE; CAR; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INGESTION; MICROENVIRONMENT;

EGYPT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84899878503     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501078s     Document Type: Article

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