Levels of non-polybrominated diphenyl ether brominated flame retardants in residential house dust samples and fire station dust samples in California

Environmental Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-14

  Brown, F Reber ^a   Whitehead, Todd P ^b   Park, June Soo ^a   Metayer, Catherine ^b   Petreas, Myrto X ^a  

^a Environmental Chemistry Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Fire station dust; Human exposure; Novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs); Residential house dust

Indexed keywords

1,2 BIS (2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; 2 BROMOALLYL 2,3,6 TRIBROMOPHENYLETHER; 2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; 2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYLETHER; ALPHA 1,2 DIBROMO 4 (1,2 DIBROMOETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE; BETA 1,2 DIBROMO 4 (1,2 DIBROMOETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE; BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST;

ALKANE; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FIRE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

ARTICLE; FIRE FIGHTER; HOUSE DUST; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIREFIGHTERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84907506633     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.022     Document Type: Article

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