Non-invasive biomonitoring for PFRs and PBDEs: New insights in analysis of human hair externally exposed to selected flame retardants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 1062-1071

  Kucharska, Agnieszka ^a,b   Covaci, Adrian ^b   Vanermen, Guido ^a   Voorspoels, Stefan ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flame retardants; Human exposure to FRs; Human hair; Non invasive human biomonitoring; Phosphate flame retardants; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CONTAMINATION; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHERS; METHANOL; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYACRYLATES; WASHING;

CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HAIR; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

ACETONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXANE; METHANOL; PHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SHAMPOO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; DANGEROUS GOODS; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

BIOMONITORING; HAIR; PBDE; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HAIR; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS;

EID: 84909606936     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.043     Document Type: Article

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