Occurrence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in air and precipitation of the Pearl River Delta, South China: Annual washout ratios and depositional rates

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9142-9147

  Zhang, Bao Zhong ^a,b   Guan, Yu Feng ^a,b   Li, Shao Meng ^c   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BULK PRECIPITATION; DOMINANT PATHWAYS; DONGGUAN; DRY AND WET; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; GUANGZHOU; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; SUBCOOLED VAPOR PRESSURE; URBAN-RURAL; WASHOUT RATIOS; WET AND DRY SEASONS;

DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; ETHERS; RAIN; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; RAIN;

AIR QUALITY; PBDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; URBAN AREA; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AIR; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RAIN; RIVERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 72849144972     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901961x     Document Type: Article

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