Quantitative predictive models for octanol-air partition coefficients of polybrominated diphenyl ethers at different temperatures

Chemosphere

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 577-584

  Chen, J W ^a,b   Harner, T ^c   Yang, P ^a,d   Quan, X ^a   Chen, S ^a   Schramm, K W ^b   Kettrup, A ^b,e  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Octanol air partition coefficient; PBDE; PLS; Temperature; Theoretical molecular structural descriptors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYETHERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PARTITION COEFFICIENTS;

AIR;

DIPHENYL ETHER; OCTANOL;

BROMINE COMPOUND;

AIR; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0344838524     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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