Identifying transfer mechanisms and sources of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in indoor environments using environmental forensic microscopy.

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Published in Environ Sci Technol on May 01, 2009

Authors

Thomas F Webster1, Stuart Harrad, James R Millette, R David Holbrook, Jeffrey M Davis, Heather M Stapleton, Joseph G Allen, Michael D McClean, Catalina Ibarra, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, Adrian Covaci

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA. twebster@bu.edu

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