Assessment of the spatial distribution of coplanar PCBs, PCNs, and PBDEs in a multi-industry region of South Korea using passive air samplers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7336-7340

  Baek, Song Yee ^a   Choi, Sung Deuk ^b   Lee, S E Jin ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROCHEMICALS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; STEEL; INDUSTRY; RURAL AREAS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL GROUPS; COPLANAR POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; INDUSTRIAL AREAS; MANUFACTURING COMPLEX; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLERS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SOUTH KOREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE;

AIR SAMPLING; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PBDE; PCB; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RURAL AREA; SOUTH KOREA;

AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; KOREA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAPHTHALENES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL GROUP; COPLANAR PCBS; COPLANAR POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SAMPLING RATES; SOUTH KOREA; STUDY AREAS;

EID: 54849191000     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801019k     Document Type: Article

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