Distribution and health risks of organic micropollutants from home dusts in Malaysia

• Published in: Chemosphere Vol. 309; no. Pt 1; p. 136600
• Main Authors: Yang, Jianlei, Ching, Yern Chee, Kadokami, Kiwao, Ching, Kuan Yong, Xu, Shicai, Hu, Guodong, Wang, Jihua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Air Pollution, Indoor; Alkanes; automation; carcinogenicity; Dust; Environmental Monitoring; Health risk assessment; House dust; Humans; ingestion; Malaysia; Microenvironment; organic Micropollutants; Pesticides; Plasticizers; pollutants; quantitative structure-activity relationships; risk; Risk Assessment; Sterols; Malaysia; organic Micropollutants; Malaysia; Microenvironment; Health risk assessment; House dust

Indoor dust is an important medium to evaluate human exposure to emerging organic contaminants. The principal aim of this study was to determine overall status of organic micropollutants (OMPs) of indoor dust in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and assess their corresponding health risks. One hundred thirty-t...