Method optimization to measure polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations in soils of Bratislava, Slovakia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2208-2217

  Thorenz, Ute Rita ^a   Musa Bandowe, Benjamin A ^a   Sobocka, Jaroslava ^b   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental fate; Gel permeation chromatography (GPC); Negative chemical ionization (NCI); Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Urban soils

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BRATISLAVA; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; NEGATIVE CHEMICAL IONIZATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REDUCED MATRIX; SLOVAKIA; SOIL EXTRACTS; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SURFACE HORIZONS; URBAN SOILS; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GELS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; POLYACRYLATES; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LITTERFALL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PBDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SLOVAKIA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLOVAKIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBANIZATION;

BRATISLAVA; BRATISLAVSKY; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 77953290816     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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