A comparative assessment of human exposure to tetrabromobisphenol A and eight bisphenols including bisphenol A via indoor dust ingestion in twelve countries

Environment International

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 183-191

  Wang, Wei ^a   Abualnaja, Khalid O ^b   Asimakopoulos, Alexandros G ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^c   Gevao, Bondi ^d   Johnson Restrepo, Boris ^e   Kumosani, Taha A ^b   Malarvannan, Govindan ^c   Minh, Tu Binh ^f   Moon, Hyo Bang ^g   Nakata, Haruhiko ^h   Sinha, Ravindra K ⁱ   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^f VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^g Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^h KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ PATNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

BPA; Human exposure; Indoor dust; Microenvironment; TBBPA

Indexed keywords

PHENOLS;

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; TBBPA; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

DUST;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BISPHENOL AF; BISPHENOL AP; BISPHENOL B; BISPHENOL PP; BISPHENOL S; BISPHENOL Z; PHENOL; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; DUST; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; GREECE; HOUSE DUST; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JAPAN; KUWAIT; MICROENVIRONMENT; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936888667     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.06.015     Document Type: Article

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