Test chamber and forensic microscopy investigation of the transfer of brominated flame retardants into indoor dust via abrasion of source materials

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 639-648

  Rauert, C ^a   Harrad, S ^a   Suzuki, G ^b   Takigami, H ^b   Uchida, N ^b   Takata, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Forensic microscopy; HBCDs; Migration pathways to dust; PBDEs; Test chambers

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOORS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; TRIBOLOGY;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HBCDS; MIGRATION PATHWAY; PBDES; TEST CHAMBERS;

DUST;

ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER; ANTIMONY; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; BROMINE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DUST;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MICROSCOPY; PBDE; ABRASION; INDOOR AIR;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORENSIC MICROSCOPY; HOUSE DUST; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRO X RAY FLUORESCENT SPECTROSCOPY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING EMISSION MICROSCOPY; TEST CHAMBER; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; ANALYTIC METHOD; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENERAL DEVICE; IN HOUSE TEST CHAMBER; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATERIAL ABRASION; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRICTION; HOUSING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FRICTION; HOUSING; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84903516967     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.029     Document Type: Article

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