Test chamber investigation of the volatilization from source materials of brominated flame retardants and their subsequent deposition to indoor dust

Indoor Air

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 393-404

  Rauert, C ^a   Harrad, S ^a   Stranger, M ^b   Lazarov, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Migration pathways to dust; Test chamber sink effects; Test chambers; Transfer to dust; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; INDOOR DUST; MIGRATION PATHWAY; MIGRATION PATHWAY TO DUST; SOURCE MATERIAL; TEST CHAMBER SINK EFFECT; TEST CHAMBERS; TRANSFER TO DUST; VOLATILISATION;

DUST;

BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE;

ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84937163093     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12151     Document Type: Article

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