Emerging and legacy flame retardants in UK indoor air and dust: Evidence for replacement of PBDEs by emerging flame retardants?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 13052-13061

  Tao, Fang ^a   Abdallah, Mohamed Abou Elwafa ^a,b   Harrad, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DUST SAMPLES; EMERGING FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; TARGET COMPOUND; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; ZALCITABINE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DUST; FLAME RETARDANT; INDOOR AIR; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPLACEMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WORKPLACE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTEREOISOMER; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

EID: 85016594208     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02816     Document Type: Article

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