Obtaining quantitative vapor emissions estimates of polychlorinated biphenyls and other semivolatile organic compounds from contaminated sites

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2457-2464

  Mills, William J ^a   Bennett, Erin R ^a   Schmidt, Charles E ^b   Thibodeaux, Louis J ^c  

^a Mills Consulting   (United States)

^b Environmental Consultant   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission modeling; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Soil flux; Vapor phase emissions

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOILS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FLUX CHAMBERS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SVOC);

GAS EMISSIONS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CONTAMINATED LAND; EMISSION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PCB;

ADSORPTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAPOR; VOLATILIZATION; WARMING;

AIR; AIR MOVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORECASTING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 4644342335     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-384     Document Type: Article

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