Brominated flame retardants in sediment cores from Lakes Michigan and Erie

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3488-3494

  Zhu, Lingyan Y ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

CONGENERS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE); SEDIMENT CORES; SURFICIAL CONCENTRATION;

SEDIMENTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BROMINE; LAKE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944367711     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048240s     Document Type: Article

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