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Table 3 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (r) between concentrations of NBFRs in FD

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

	PBT	PBEB	HBB	EHTBB	BTBPE	BEHTEBP	DBDPE
PBT		0.571**	0.031	− 0.055	0.095	0.012	0.031
PBEB	0.571**		0.203*	− 0.061	0.085	− 0.022	0.109
HBB	0.031	0.203*		− 0.100	0.089	− 0.020	0.186*
EHTBB	− 0.055	− 0.061	− 0.100		− 0.066	0.023	− 0.114
BTBPE	0.095	0.085	0.089	− 0.066		− 0.008	0.005
BEHTEBP	0.012	− 0.022	− 0.020	0.023	− 0.008		− 0.016
DBDPE	0.031	0.109	0.186*	− 0.114	0.005	− 0.016

* P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01

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