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Table 1 Quality assurance and quality control results

From: Novel brominated flame retardants in house dust from Shanghai, China: levels, temporal variation, and human exposure

 

PBT

PBEB

HBB

EHTBB

BTBPE

BEHTEBP

DBDPE

References

Limit of detection (LOD)

0.02

0.03

0.12

0.09

0.21

0.06

0.69

This study

Limit of quantification (LOQ)

0.06

0.08

0.43

0.31

0.74

0.21

2.3

This study

Average in blanks

na

na

0.32

0.23

0.51

0.12

2.1

This study

Blank detection (%)

na

na

67

70

90

72

96

This study

Recovery in spiked blanks (%)

92 (5)

93 (4)

95 (4)

93 (7)

97 (5)

90 (3)

101 (5)

This study

Mean (SD) concentration in SRM 2585

na

1.5 (2.2)

na

35 (4.3)

43 (10)

312 (121)

< 5

This study

na

na

na

< 30

< 0.8

145 (17)

< 10

[11]

na

na

na

40

32

652

< 20

[45]

na

na

na

26 (2)

39 (14)

574 (49)

< 7.1

[46]

na

na

na

36 (2.4)

39 (4.9)

1300

< 10

[47]

na

na

na

35 (6)

76 (4)

857 (73)

na

[48]

na

8.1 (2.0)

na

34 (5.2)

53 (9.2)

869 (110)

< 6

[29]

  1. na not detected or available