Recommendations for monitoring of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the Canadian environment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 327-341

  Alaee, Mehran ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical method; Brominated flame retardants (BFRs); Gas chromatography electron capture detection (GC ECD); Gas Chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Polybrominated dephenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; ETHERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL MATRICES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; SURFACE WATER;

BROMINE COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIRD; BREAST MILK; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANADA;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141503176     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025533510331     Document Type: Review

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