Hexabromocyclododecanes in surface soils from e-waste recycling areas and industrial areas in south China: Concentrations, diastereoisomer- and enantiomer-specific profiles, and inventory

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2093-2099

  Gao, Shutao ^a,b,c   Wang, Jingzhi ^a,b   Yu, Zhiqiang ^a   Guo, Qingrong ^d   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^d Environmental Monitoring Center of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; DIASTEREOISOMERS; E-WASTE; ENANTIOMERIC FRACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ISOMERIC TRANSFORMATION; LABORATORY STUDIES; MASS INVENTORY; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PRODUCT PROCESSING; SOIL SAMPLE; SOUTH CHINA; SPECIFIC PROFILE; STEREOSELECTIVE TRANSFORMATIONS; SURFACE SOIL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHIRALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENANTIOMERS; INDUSTRY; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; RECYCLING; SOILS; WASTES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINE COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LABORATORY METHOD; MATRIX; RECYCLING; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TYPE; TOXICITY; TRANSFORMATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; INDUSTRIAL AREA; RECYCLING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE SOIL;

CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STEREOISOMERISM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 79953877236     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1033712     Document Type: Article

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