Modeling the environmental fate of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs): The importance of photolysis for the formation of lighter PBDEs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9244-9249

  Schenker, Urs ^a   Soltermann, Fabian ^a   Scheringer, Martin ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBROMINATION; DEGRADATION MECHANISMS; DIRECT EMISSIONS; DIRECT PHOTOLYSISES; EMISSION INVENTORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATES; FIELD DATUMS; MODEL ESTIMATES; MULTIMEDIA MODELS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RANGE TRANSPORTS; SPECIAL EMPHASES;

DEGRADATION; ETHERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PBDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HALOGENATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOLYSIS;

TETRA;

EID: 58149151398     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801042n     Document Type: Article

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