Characterizing distribution, sources, and potential health risk of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in office environment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 198, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-31

  Li, Yue ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Wen, Zhi Hao ^a   Duan, Yan Ping ^a   Lu, Zhi Bo ^a   Meng, Xiang Zhou ^a   Zhang, Wen ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Exposure; Office environment; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DUST; ETHERS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ELECTRONIC DEVICE; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; LINEAR CORRELATION; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST;

CANCER; DUST; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PBDE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COMPUTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AIR; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKPLACE;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84922899329     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.12.024     Document Type: Article

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