Occurrence of polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins, and polybrominated dibenzofurans as impurities in commercial polybrominated diphenyl ether mixtures

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4400-4405

  Hanari, Nobuyasu ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b   Miyake, Yuichi ^a   Okazawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kodavanti, Prasada Rao S ^c   Aldous, Kenneth M ^b   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINATION; GLOBAL ANNUAL EMISSIONS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS (PBD); POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURANS (PBDF);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; IMPURITIES; MIXTURES; PYROLYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; IMPURITIES; MIXTURES; PYROLYSIS;

EMISSION; HOMOLOGY; MIXING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PBDE; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746191781     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060559k     Document Type: Article

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