Diastereoisomer- and enantiomer-specific profiles of hexabromocyclododecane in the atmosphere of an urban city in South China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3996-4001

  Yu, Zhiqiang ^a   Chen, Laiguo ^a   Mai, Bixian ^a   Wu, Minghong ^b   Sheng, Guoying ^a,b   Fu, Jiamo ^b   Peng, Ping'an ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENANTIOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMERIC FRACTIONS; SOIL-AIR EXCHANGE;

AIR POLLUTION;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE;

AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENANTIOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BROMINE COMPOUND; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SOIL POLLUTANT; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; STEREOISOMERISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 44449172078     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7027857     Document Type: Article

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