Semivolatile organic compounds in homes: Strategies for efficient and systematic exposure measurement based on empirical and theoretical factors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-122

  Dodson, Robin E ^a   Camann, David E ^b   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^c   Brody, Julia G ^a   Rudel, Ruthann A ^a  

^a Silent Spring Institute   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHEMICALS; DUST; ESTERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HOUSING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMMERCIAL CHEMICALS; DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLINGS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SVOCS); SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

FLAME RETARDANT; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PHASE PARTITIONING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL HOME; ANALYSIS; DUST; HOUSING; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ACACIA KOA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIFORNIA; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DUST; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925010458     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502988r     Document Type: Article

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