Brominated flame retardant exposure of aircraft personnel

Chemosphere

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-90

  Strid, Anna ^a   Smedje, Greta ^b   Athanassiadis, Ioannis ^a   Lindgren, Torsten ^b   Lundgren, Håkan ^c   Jakobsson, Kristina ^d   Bergman, Åke ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aircraft maintenance workers; BFRs; Cabin crew; Occupational exposure; Pilots

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANTS; MAINTENANCE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PERSONNEL;

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE; BFRS; CABIN CREW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOTS;

CABINS (AIRCRAFT);

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; BROMINE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRCRAFT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84908213058     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.073     Document Type: Article

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