Modelling the environmental fate of the polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 717-724

  Gouin, T ^a   Harner, T ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diphenyl ethers; Modelling; Physical chemical property

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEGRADATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

DEGRADATION RATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BROMINE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOLIAGE; MULTIMEDIA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; VOLATILIZATION;

HUMULUS LUPULUS;

EID: 0242319572     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00116-8     Document Type: Article

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