Environmentally relevant properties of all 209 polychlorinated biphenyl congeners for modeling their fate in different natural and climatic conditions

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1189-1213

  Paasivirta, Jaakko ^a   Sinkkonen, Seija I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION RATES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DEGRADATION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE MODELING; FATE MODELS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HALF-LIVES; LIPOPHILICITY; LIQUID STATE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL CONGENERS; REFERENCE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CORRECTIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; YOLK SACS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 65249150661     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je800501h     Document Type: Article

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