Assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Tibetan butter

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 772-777

  Wang, Yawei ^a   Yang, Ruiqiang ^a   Wang, Thanh ^a   Zhang, Qinghua ^a   Li, Yingming ^a   Jiang, Guibin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cold trapping; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Tibetan butter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ETHERS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TAR;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BACK-TRAJECTORY MODELS; COLD TRAPPING; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION; TIBETANS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BUTTER; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; GANSU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 73749086649     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.069     Document Type: Article

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