Emissions and fate of brominated flame retardants in the indoor environment: A critical review of modelling approaches

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 491-492, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-99

  Liagkouridis, Ioannis ^a,b   Cousins, Ian T ^b   Cousins, Anna Palm ^a  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BFRs; Deposition; Emissions; Indoor fate; Multimedia models; SVOCs

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION;

BFRS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INDOOR FATE; MULTIMEDIA MODELS; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SVOCS); SVOCS; CRITICAL REVIEW; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; COPOLYMER; EPOXY RESIN; POLYAMIDE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYOLEFIN; POLYSTYRENE; POLYURETHAN;

EMISSION; INDOOR AIR; MODELING; PARTITIONING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILIZATION;

ADVECTION; AIR SURFACE PARTITIONING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; DUST CONTROL; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDOOR CHEMICAL EMISSION; INDOOR CHEMICAL FATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLATILIZATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; BIOREMEDIATION; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; GAS TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE PARTITIONING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SURFACE PROPERTY; VACUUM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MODELS, CHEMICAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84903523567     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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