Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soil, vegetation, workshop-floor dust, and electronic shredder residue from an electronic waste recycling facility and in soils from a chemical industrial complex in eastern China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7350-7356

  Ma, Jing ^a,b   Addink, Rudolf ^b   Yun, Sehun ^b   Cheng, Jinping ^a   Wang, Wenhua ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COKE OVEN PLANTS; DERMAL EXPOSURE; DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS/DIBENZOFURANS; DIBENZOFURANS; E-WASTE; EASTERN CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; HUMAN INTAKE; INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PCDD/FS; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; SHREDDER RESIDUES; SOIL SAMPLE; SURFACE SOIL; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

ALKALINITY; COAL; COAL DUST; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLOORS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MINING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYACRYLATES; RECYCLING; SALVAGING; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DIOXIN; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; PBDE; POWER PLANT; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; RURAL AREA; SOIL; VEGETATION; WOOD DUST;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZOFURANS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIOXINS; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PLANTS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL;

EID: 70349622988     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901713u     Document Type: Article

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