Perfluorinated compounds in the Pearl River and Yangtze River of China

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2085-2095

  So, M K ^a,b   Miyake, Y ^b   Yeung, W Y ^a   Ho, Y M ^a   Taniyasu, S ^b   Rostkowski, P ^b,c   Yamashita, N ^b   Zhou, B S ^d   Shi, X J ^d   Wang, J X ^d   Giesy, J P ^a,e,f   Yu, H ^g   Lam, P K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f National Food Safety and Toxicology Center   (United States)

^g NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Perfluorochemicals; PFOA; PFOS; The Pearl River; The Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

PERFLUORINATED; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; THE PEARL RIVER; THE YANGTZE RIVER;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW RATE; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SULFONATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONAOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFOAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOW RATE; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SULFONATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

FLOW PATTERN; FLUOROCARBON; HALOGEN; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SULFONATE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU]; YANGTZE RIVER; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 34547126445     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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