Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls in concurrently sampled Chinese air and surface soil

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6514-6518

  Zhang, Zhi ^a,b   Liu, Liyan ^a   Li, Yi Fan ^a,c   Wang, Degao ^d   Jia, Hongliang ^d   Harner, Tom ^c   Sverko, Ed ^c,g   Wan, Xinnan ^e   Xu, Diandou ^f   Ren, Nanqi ^a   Ma, Jianmin ^c   Pozo, Karla ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL FILLED TRANSFORMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCB); POLYURETHANE FOAM; SURFACE SOILING;

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; SOIL POLLUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR SAMPLING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DEPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; PCB; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; URBAN SITE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINESE; EUROPE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SURFACE SOIL; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

TETRA;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR SAMPLES; DISK-TYPE; GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICAN; PASSIVE AIR; PCB CONCENTRATION; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; RURAL SITE; SITE TYPES; SURFACE SOIL; URBAN FRACTIONATION EFFECT; URBAN SITE;

EID: 50849099491     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8004078     Document Type: Article

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