Estimation of the source strength of polybrominated diphenyl ethers based on their diel variability in air in Zurich, Switzerland

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4225-4231

  Moeckel, Claudia ^a   Gasic, Bojan ^b   MacLeod, Matthew ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^b   Jones, Kevin C ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; CONCENTRATION VARIATION; DOMINANT PROCESS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION RATES; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MATERIAL FLOW; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE STRENGTH; SWITZERLAND; TIME PERIODS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIEL VARIATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION INVENTORY; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WASTE FACILITY;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERBARISM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SWITZERLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; QUALITY CONTROL; SWITZERLAND; UNCERTAINTY;

SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND]; ZURICH [ZURICH (ADS)];

EID: 77952917457     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1001049     Document Type: Article

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