Table 3.

Correlation matrix for flame retardants levels measured in paired handwipes and indoor dust. Correlation analyses were conducted on handwipe data in which detection frequency was >70%.

Congener		Dust
Congener		BDE 28	BDE 47	BDE 66	BDE 85/155	BDE 99	BDE 100	BDE 153	BDE 154	ΣPenta BDE	EH-TBB	TDCPP
Handwipes	BDE 28	0.15	0.06	−0.02	0.06	−0.07	0.05	−0.04	−0.07	0.03	−0.22	−0.01
	BDE 47	0.44^#	0.33^*	0.32^*	0.30^*	0.16	0.31^*	0.11	0.22	0.29	−0.08	0.03
	BDE 66	0.42^#	0.25	0.24	0.22	0.12	0.23	0.06	0.13	0.23	−0.05	0.02
	BDE 85/155	0.43^#	0.39^#	0.44^#	0.39^*	0.20	0.40**	0.22	0.33	0.35^*	−0.12	0.14
	BDE 99	0.50^†	0.34^*	0.41^#	0.26	0.30^*	0.30^*	0.10	0.25	0.35^*	0.15	0.00
	BDE 100	0.42^#	0.35^*	0.34^*	0.34^*	0.17	0.35^*	0.18	0.26	0.31^*	−0.12	0.10
	BDE 153	0.31^*	0.36^*	0.40^#	0.40^#	0.19	0.39^#	0.28	0.33^*	0.32^*	−0.19	0.06
	BDE 154	0.40^#	0.39^#	0.42^#	0.38^*	0.22	0.39^#	0.24	0.33^*	0.35^*	−0.08	0.15
	ΣPentaBDE^a	0.48^#	0.32^*	0.35^*	0.27	0.22	0.29	0.09	0.23	0.31^*	0.03	0.00
	EH-TBB	0.39^*	0.26	0.37^*	0.18	0.40^#	0.20	−0.09	0.25	0.33^*	0.54^†	0.19
	TDCPP	−0.05	−0.11	−0.03	−0.13	−0.04	−0.16	−0.12	−0.11	−0.06	0.12	0.24

ΣPentaBDE represents the sum total of BDE congeners 28,47, 66, 99, 100, 85/155, 154 and 153

<0.05;

<0.01;

^†

<0.001