Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and novel flame retardants in microenvironment dust from Egypt: An assessment of human exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-55

  Hassan, Yasmeen ^a   Shoeib, Tamer ^a,b  

^a The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dust; Egypt; Flame retardants; HBCD; Human exposure; Microenvironments; Non PBDEs; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EGYPT; HBCD; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NON-PBDES; PBDES;

DUST;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2 BROMOALLYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; 2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; ALLY 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; BETA 1,2,5,6 TETRABROMOCYCLOOCTANE; BETA TETRABROMOETHYLCYCLOHEXANE; BIS(2 ETHYL 1 HEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; DECHLORANE PLUS; FLAME RETARDANT; GAMMA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DUST; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; PBDE; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; CAR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT; MIDDLE EAST;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS;

EID: 84908568491     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.080     Document Type: Article

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