Field testing passive air samplers for current use pesticides in a tropical environment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6625-6630

  Gouin, Todd ^a,c   Wania, Frank ^a   Ruepert, Clemens ^b   Castillo, Luisa E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYMERS; RESINS; SAMPLING;

COSTA RICA; CURRENT-USE PESTICIDES; HIGH-VOLUME SAMPLER; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLERS;

PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; RESIN;

AIR SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; DEPURATION; DIFFUSION; DRY SEASON; FOAM; PESTICIDE; RAINFALL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURE; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR SIZE; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COSTA RICA; PESTICIDES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; COSTA RICA; CURRENT-USE PESTICIDES; DEPURATION; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FIELD TESTING; HIGH-VOLUME SAMPLER; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DIFFUSIVITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; RAINY SEASONS; SAMPLING METHOD; SAMPLING RATES; SAMPLING SITE; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

EID: 50849115866     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8008425     Document Type: Article

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