Spatial distribution and sources of perfluorochemicals in the NW Mediterranean coastal waters (Catalonia, Spain)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2833-2840

  Sánchez Avila, Juan ^a   Meyer, Johan ^a   Lacorte, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

NW Mediterranean Sea; PFBS; PFCs; PFHxS; PFNA; PFOA; PFOS; River water; Seawater; Sources; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

NW MEDITERRANEAN; PFBS; PFCS; PFHXS; PFNA; PFOA; PFOS; RIVER WATER; SOURCES;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); RIVERS; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; RIVER WATER; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUBUTANE; WATER POLLUTANT;

COASTAL WATER; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER WATER; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RIVER BASIN; SEA POLLUTION; SPAIN; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCTANOIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; CAPRYLATES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77958191701     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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