Temporal and spatial trends of atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations near the Great Lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1131-1136

  Sun, Ping ^a   Basu, Ilora ^a   Blanchard, Pierrette ^b   Brice, Kenneth A ^b   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAKES; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

INTEGRATED ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION NETWORK (IADN); PENTACHLORINATED CONGENERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAKES; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PCB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LAKE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT LAKES REGION; HALF-LIFE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; ONTARIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; CHICAGO; GREAT LAKES; ILLINOIS; LAKE ERIE; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO; UNITED STATES;

TETRA;

EID: 33847218628     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061116j     Document Type: Article

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