Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs) and plasticizers in house and car dust and the influence of electronic equipment

Chemosphere

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-9

  Brandsma, Sicco H ^a   de Boer, Jacob ^a   van Velzen, Martin J M ^a   Leonards, Pim E G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Car dust; Electronic equipment; House dust; Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs); Plasticizers

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; DUST COLLECTORS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SEATS; SOLVENTS;

CAR SEATS; DUST COLLECTED; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; NETHERLANDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; TRIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE;

DUST;

FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PLASTICIZER; POLYURETHAN FOAM; TRICRESYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS(1,3 DICHLOROISOPROPYL) PHOSPHATE; TRIS(PHENYL) PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DUST;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FOAM; INDOOR AIR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DUST; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSE DUST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NETHERLANDS; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

NETHERLANDS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUTOMOBILES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DUST; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOUSING; NETHERLANDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLASTICIZERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84908208081     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.02.036     Document Type: Article

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