Determination of fluorotelomer alcohols in selected consumer products and preliminary investigation of their fate in the indoor environment

Chemosphere

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 81-86

  Liu, Xiaoyu ^a   Guo, Zhishi ^a   Folk, Edgar E ^b   Roache, Nancy F ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ARCADIS US Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer products; Emissions; Fluorotelomer alcohols; Indoor sources; Perfluorinated chemicals

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TEXTILES; WASHING; WEAVING;

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS (FTOHS); INDOOR SOURCES; MICRO-SCALE CHAMBERS; PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

DRYING;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; FLUOROCARBON;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MARKET; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSEHOLD;

CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926418928     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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