Coupling passive air sampling with emission estimates and chemical fate modeling for persistent organic pollutants (POPs): A feasibility study for northern Europe

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2165-2171

  Gioia, Rosalinda ^a   Sweetman, Andy J ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PESTICIDES; POLYURETHANES;

LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT (LRAT); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP); TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYURETHAN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PESTICIDES; POLYURETHANES;

ADVECTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOAM; MASS; MODEL; NORWAY;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PESTICIDES; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247101222     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0626739     Document Type: Article

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