Atmospheric concentrations of current-use pesticides across south-central Ontario using monthly-resolved passive air samplers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 8096-8104

  Gouin, T ^a   Shoeib, M ^b   Harner, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back trajectories; Current use pesticides; Organic pollutants; Passive air samplers

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES; SPRAYING;

BACK TRAJECTORIES; CURRENT-USE PESTICIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLERS;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

CHLOROTHALONIL; CHLORPYRIFOS; DACTHAL; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; METRIBUZIN; PENDIMETHALIN; PESTICIDE; TRIFLURALIN;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE;

AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 53249140230     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.070     Document Type: Article

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