Calibration of two passive air samplers for monitoring phthalates and brominated flame-retardants in indoor air

Chemosphere

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 166-173

  Saini, Amandeep ^a   Okeme, Joseph O ^a   Goosey, Emma ^a,b   Diamond, Miriam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flame retardants; Passive sampling; Phthalates; PUFs; SIPs

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ESTERS; HOUSING; SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PHTHALATES; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; PUFS; WIND VELOCITIES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DINOSEB; FLAME RETARDANT; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; AIR POLLUTANT; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYURETHAN;

AIR SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT; INDOOR AIR; PHTHALATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SORPTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS; HOUSING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; VAPOR PRESSURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PROCEDURES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATION; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 84952642978     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.099     Document Type: Article

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