Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDE) air concentrations in the Lake Ontario region: Trends and potential sources

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 3173-3178

  Choi, Hyun Deok ^a   Pagano, James J ^b   Milligan, Michael S ^c   Hopke, Philip K ^a   Skubis, Steven ^b   Holsen, Thomas M ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALABAMA; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CHICAGO; CLEVELAND; DETROIT; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; GAS SAMPLES; INDIANA; KENTUCKY; LAKE ONTARIO; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RECEPTOR MODELING; URBAN AREAS; WIND SPEED;

LAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DILUTION; FIELD; PCB; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COTTON; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WIND;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; INDIANA; KENTUCKY; LAKE ONTARIO; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77954657374     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.031     Document Type: Article

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