A general indication of the contemporary background levels of PCDDs, PCDFs, and coplanar PCBs in the ambient air over rural and remote areas of the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1537-1544

  Cleverly, David ^a   Ferrario, Joseph ^b   Byrne, Christian ^b   Riggs, Karen ^c   Joseph, Darrell ^c   Hartford, Pamela ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; TOXIC EQUIVALENT (TEQ);

AIR POLLUTION;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847680000     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0616736     Document Type: Article

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