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@article{1370858, author = {Venier, Marta and Audy, Ondřej and Vojta, Šimon and Bečanová, Jitka and Romanak, Kevin and Melymuk, Lisa Emily and Vykoukalová, Martina and Kukučka, Petr and Okeme, Joseph and Saini, Amandeep and Diamond, Miriam L. and Klánová, Jana}, article_location = {OXFORD (ENGLAND)}, article_number = {September}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.029}, keywords = {Brominated flame retardants; Indoor; Air; Dust; Window film}, language = {eng}, issn = {0160-4120}, journal = {Environment International}, title = {Brominated flame retardants in the indoor environment - Comparative study of indoor contamination from three countries}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412016301581}, volume = {94}, year = {2016} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1370858 AU - Venier, Marta - Audy, Ondřej - Vojta, Šimon - Bečanová, Jitka - Romanak, Kevin - Melymuk, Lisa Emily - Vykoukalová, Martina - Kukučka, Petr - Okeme, Joseph - Saini, Amandeep - Diamond, Miriam L. - Klánová, Jana PY - 2016 TI - Brominated flame retardants in the indoor environment - Comparative study of indoor contamination from three countries JF - Environment International VL - 94 IS - September SP - 150-160 EP - 150-160 PB - Pergamon Press SN - 01604120 KW - Brominated flame retardants KW - Indoor KW - Air KW - Dust KW - Window film UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412016301581 L2 - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412016301581 N2 - Concentrations of more than 20 brominated flame retardants (FRs), including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and emerging FRs, were measured in air, dust and window wipes from 63 homes in Canada, the Czech Republic and the United States in the spring and summer of 2013. Among the PBDEs, the highest concentrations were generally BDE-209 in all three matrices, followed by Penta-BDEs. Among alternative FRs, EHTBB and BEHTBP were detected at the highest concentrations. DBDPE was also a major alternative FR detected in dust and air. Bromobenzenes were detected at lower levels than PBDEs and other alternative FRs; among the bromobenzenes, HBB and PBEB were the most abundant compounds. In general, FR levels were highest in the US and lowest in the Czech Republic - a geographic trend that reflects the flame retardants' market. No statistically significant differences were detected between bedroom and living room FR concentrations in the same house (n = 10), suggesting that sources of FRs are widespread indoors and mixing between rooms. The concentrations of FRs in air, dust, and window film were significantly correlated, especially for PBDEs. We found a significant relationship between the concentrations in dust and window film and in the gas phase for FRs with log K-OA values <14, suggesting that equilibrium was reached for these but not compounds with log K-OA values >14. This hypothesis was confirmed by a large discrepancy between values predicted using a partitioning model and the measured values for FRs with log K-OA values >14. ER -
VENIER, Marta, Ondřej AUDY, Šimon VOJTA, Jitka BEČANOVÁ, Kevin ROMANAK, Lisa Emily MELYMUK, Martina VYKOUKALOVÁ, Petr KUKUČKA, Joseph OKEME, Amandeep SAINI, Miriam L. DIAMOND and Jana KLÁNOVÁ. Brominated flame retardants in the indoor environment - Comparative study of indoor contamination from three countries. \textit{Environment International}. OXFORD (ENGLAND): Pergamon Press, 2016, vol.~94, September, p.~150-160. ISSN~0160-4120. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.029.
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