Riverine inputs of polybrominated diphenyl ethers from the Pearl River Delta (China) to the Coastal Ocean

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6007-6013

  Guan, Yu Feng ^a,b   Wang, Ji Zhong ^a,b   Ni, Hong Gang ^a,b   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

ETHERS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CHINA; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHERS; RUNOFF;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL ZONE; PBDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINATION; CHINA; DEBROMINATION; ELECTRONICS; RIVER; SEA;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 34548583351     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070782x     Document Type: Article

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