Stable carbon isotope ratios of POPs - A tracer that can lead to the origins of pollution

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-362

  Vetter, Walter ^a   Gaul, Simon ^a   Armbruster, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Compound specific isotope analysis; Organohalogen pollutants

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ORGANOHALOGEN POLLUTANTS; STABLE ISOTOPE MASS SPECTROMETERS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CARBON; MELIPAX; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON ISOTOPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOHALOGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 41049084468     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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