Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in sediment cores from Western Europe

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 3803-3807

  Zegers, Bart N ^a   Lewis, Wilma E ^a,c   Booij, Kees ^a   Smittenberg, Rienk H ^a   Boer, Wim ^a   De Boer, Jacob ^b   Boon, Jan P ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; IONIZATION; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT CORES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; WESTERN EUROPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0042817898     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es034226o     Document Type: Article

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