Global pilot study of legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants using sorbent-impregnated polyurethane foam disk passive air samplers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 5534-5539

  Genualdi, Susie ^a   Lee, Sum Chi ^a   Shoeib, Mahiba ^a   Gawor, Anya ^a   Ahrens, Lutz ^a   Harner, Tom ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); INTERNET PROTOCOLS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESINS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SAMPLING; SORPTION;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; GLOBAL SCALE; LINEAR-PHASE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PEARSON CORRELATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PILOT STUDIES; POLYFLUOROALKYL COMPOUNDS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; POLYURETHANE FOAMS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SORPTIVE CAPACITIES; URBAN CENTERS;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ALKYL GROUP; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SORBENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYURETHAN;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PERSISTENCE; RESIN; SAMPLER; SPRING (SEASON); VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PILOT STUDY; POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 77954595279     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1009696     Document Type: Article

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