Occurrence of phthalates and musk fragrances in indoor air and dust from apartments and kindergartens in Berlin (Germany)

✍ Scribed by H. Fromme; T. Lahrz; M. Piloty; H. Gebhart; A. Oddoy; H. Rüden

• Book ID: 111249551
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 310 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0905-6947
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00223.x

✦ Synopsis

Practical Implications

The phthalate and musk compounds load in a sample of apartments and kindergartens were low with a typical distribution pattern in air and household dust, but without a significant correlation between air and dust concentration. The largest source of general population exposure to phthalates is dietary. For certain subsets of the general population non-dietary ingestion (medical and occupational) is important.