Simultaneous determination of thirteen organophosphate esters in settled indoor house dust and a comparison between two sampling techniques

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 491-492, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-86

  Fan, Xinghua ^a   Kubwabo, Cariton ^a   Rasmussen, Pat E ^a   Wu, Fang ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dust sampling; Multiple reaction monitoring; Organophosphate esters; Positive ion chemical ionization; Standard reference material 2585

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSES; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

DUST SAMPLING; MULTIPLE REACTION MONITORING; ORGANOPHOSPHATE ESTERS; POSITIVE ION CHEMICAL IONIZATIONS; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL 2585;

DUST;

ESTER DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE ESTER DERIVATIVE; TRIBUTOXYETHYL PHOSPHATE; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; TRICRESYL PHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS(CHLOROPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(DICHLOROISOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DUST; ESTER; 2 ETHYLHEXYLDIPHENYLPHOSPHATE; TRI ISO BUTYL PHOSPHATE; TRI(2 CHLOROETHYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIBUTOXYETHYLPHOSPHATE; TRIETHYLPHOSPHATE; TRIMETHYLPHOSPHATE; TRIPENTYLPHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHATE; TRIPROPYLPHOSPHATE;

CHEMICAL METHOD; DUST; ESTER; EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MONITORING; SAMPLING; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST SAMPLING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENERAL DEVICE; HOUSE DUST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; POSITIVE CHEMICAL IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA; VACUUM CLEANING; VACUUM SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; STANDARD; VACUUM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTERS; ORGANOPHOSPHATES;

CANADA;

EID: 84903548785     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.127     Document Type: Article

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