Long-range transport of organic chemicals in the environment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 677-690

  Scheringer, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental fate models; Long range transport; Persistent organic pollutants Current use pesticides; Transboundary air pollution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODELS; BOX MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATES; FIELD CAMPAIGNS; FIELD DATUM; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; INTERNATIONAL TREATIES; KEY PROCESS; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; MODEL RESULTS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS CURRENT-USE PESTICIDES; POLITICAL ACTIVITIES; POLITICAL CONTEXTS; POLY-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; STOCKHOLM; TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION; TRAP EFFECTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ETHERS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SORPTION;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FRACTIONATION; HCH; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; SORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 64849096474     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-324R.1     Document Type: Review

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