Exposure to organophosphate and polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants via indoor dust and childhood asthma

Indoor Air

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 403-413

  Canbaz, D ^a   van Velzen, M J M ^b   Hallner, E ^c,d   Zwinderman, A H ^a   Wickman, M ^c,e   Leonards, P E G ^b   van Ree, R ^a   van Rijt, L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Center of Occupational and Environmental Medicine   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Indoor dust; Mattress dust; Organophosphate flame retardants; Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ASTHMA; CHILD; DUST COLLECTED; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH CONCERNS; INDOOR DUST; MATTRESS DUST; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS;

DUST;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; BED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84929783434     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12221     Document Type: Article

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