Occurrence of cyclic and linear siloxanes in indoor air from Albany, New York, USA, and its implications for inhalation exposure

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 511, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-144

  Tran, Tri Manh ^a,b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cyclic methylsiloxane; D5; Indoor air; Inhalation exposure; PDMS; Siloxane

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS;

D5; INDOOR AIR; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METHYLSILOXANE; PDMS; SILOXANE;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; DECAMETHYLTETRASILOXANE; OCTAMETHYLTRISILOXANE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; VAPOR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALBANY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEW YORK; SILOXANES;

EID: 84919725931     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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