Levels and potential sources of decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) and decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) in Lake and Marine Sediments in Sweden

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1987-1991

  Ricklund, Niklas ^a   Kierkegaard, Amelie ^a   Mclachlan, Michael S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BALTIC SEA; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; INDOOR DUST; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; POINT SOURCES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; STOCKHOLM;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ETHANE; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ETHANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BALTIC SEA; LAKE SEDIMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION; SWEDEN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BROMOBENZENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SEAWATER; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO; SWEDEN;

EID: 77949390570     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903701q     Document Type: Article

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