Polychlorinated naphthalenes in air and snow in the Norwegian Arctic: A local source or an Eastern Arctic phenomenon?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 342, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 145-160

  Herbert, B M J ^a   Halsall, C J ^a   Villa, S ^b   Fitzpatrick, L ^a,d   Jones, K C ^a   Lee, R G M ^a   Kallenborn, R ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Sigma Aldrich Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Persistent organic pollutants; Polar; Snow

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; AIR POLLUTION; CHLORINATION; COMPACTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SNOW;

AIR CONCENTRATION; AIR MASS; NORWEGIAN ARCTIC; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE (PCN);

NAPHTHALENE;

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; SNOW;

PCB; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; NORWAY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAPOR;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 18144422774     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.12.029     Document Type: Article

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