Quantitative structure - Photodegradation relationships of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, phenoxyphenols and selected organochlorines

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 914-921

  Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie ^a   Bastos, Patricia Moreira ^b   Eriksson, Johan ^b   Bergman, Åke ^b   Harju, Mikael ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

OH PBDEs; PBDEs; Photodegradation; QSAR; QSPR; Water methanol

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; ETHERS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HALOGENATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; PHOTODEGRADATION;

OH-PBDES; PBDES; QSAR; QSPR; WATER-METHANOL;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PHENOXYPHENOL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; METHANOL; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PHENOL; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOLECULAR MODEL; OXIDATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 71749107075     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.08.037     Document Type: Article

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