High levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in vacuum cleaner dust from California fire stations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4988-4994

  Shen, Beverly ^a   Whitehead, Todd P ^a   McNeel, Sandra ^b   Brown, F Reber ^c   Dhaliwal, Joginder ^c   Das, Rupali ^b   Israel, Leslie ^d   Park, June Soo ^c   Petreas, Myrto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Environmental Chemistry Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DUST; ETHERS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; VACUUM CLEANERS;

DUST CONCENTRATIONS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; EQUIPMENT; PAH; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; VACUUM; ANALYSIS; DUST; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DUST; FIREFIGHTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; VACUUM;

EID: 84924039462     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505463g     Document Type: Article

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