Table 3.

Levels of BDE-209 (ng/g) in household dust

Country	n	Mean	Median	Range	%	Notes	Reference
USA		2000					Sjodin et al. 2004
USA	9	8567	665	143–65777		Houses in Dallas	Schecter et al. 2005b
USA	17	2090	1350	162–8750	36		Stapleton et al. 2005
USA	50			<LOD-9600			Wu et al. 2007
USA	10		2000	120–21000			Sjodin et al. 2008
USA	17	1600	1300	530–3300		Houses in Texas	Harrad et al. 2008a
USA	20		4502	792–184600		Living rooms	Allen et al. 2008
USA	20		1703	24–36130		Bedrooms	Allen et al. 2008
USA	18	11000	190			Houses	Batterman et al. 2009
USA	9	200000	7			Garages	Batterman et al. 2009
USA	16	15000000	3100			Cars	Batterman et al. 2009
USA	60	272119	48100	4380–3570000		Used cars	Lagalante et al. 2009
USA	12	2810	903	327–9210			Johnson-Restrepo and Kannan, 2009
USA	10	6930	1	<LOD-29000		Offices in Michigan	Batterman et al. 2010
USA	50	1909		425–32366	100		Johnson et al. 2010b
Canada	68	1100	630	74–10000			Wilford et al. 2005
Canada	7	670	560	290–1100			Harrad et al. 2008a
Sweden	5	470		44–1560			Karlsson et al. 2007
Denmark	2			330–470			Santillo et al. 2001
Denmark	1	260			69		Santillo et al. 2003
Finland	1	1100					Santillo et al. 2001
Finland	1	100			78		Santillo et al. 2003
Germany	2			290–1500		Parliament	Santillo et al. 2001
Germany		980					Knoth et al. 2003
Germany	10		63	<6–410			Sjodin et al. 2008
UK	10	9820	7100	3800–19900	94		Santillo et al. 2003
UK	9			1401–54795			Pless-Mulloli et al. 2006
UK	10		10000	910–54000			Sjodin et al. 2008
UK	16	45000	2800	120–520000			Harrad et al. 2008a
UK	30	260000	8100	<LOD-2200000		Homes	Harrad et al. 2008b
UK	18	30000	6200	620–280000		Offices	Harrad et al. 2008b
UK	20	410000	100000	12000–2600000		Used cars	Harrad et al. 2008b
UK	43	8500	5000	49–88000		Schools and daycare centers	Harrad et al. 2010
Austria	2			340–510		Parliament	Santillo et al. 2001
Belgium	19	13.8	11.1	3.6–33.1	45–93		Roosens et al. 2009
Netherlands	4			260–800		Parliament	Santillo et al. 2001
Italy	2			4600–6900		Parliament	Santillo et al. 2001
Kuwait	17	129	83		86		Gevao et al. 2006
Singapore	31	2200	1000	68–13000			Tan et al. 2007
China	39	5672	988	105–140000		e-waste area	Wang et al. 2010
China	27	6298	4039	498–40500		Urban area	Wang et al. 2010
Australia	10		730	23–13000			Sjodin et al. 2008
Global	20		18000	<LOD-198000		Aircraft cabins	Christiansson et al. 2008

LOD = Limit of detection