Dechlorane Plus (DP) in air and plants at an electronic waste (e-waste) site in South China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1290-1296

  Chen, She Jun ^a   Tian, Mi ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Shi, Tian ^a,b   Luo, Yong ^c   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Guangdong Forestry Survey and Planning Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Air and plant; Dechlorane Plus (DP); Dechlorination; E waste; Temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

DECHLORANE PLUS (DP); DRY WEIGHT; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); PINE NEEDLE; PINUS MASSONIANA LAMB; PLANT SAMPLES; REFERENCE SITES; SOUTH CHINA; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TWO-COMPARTMENT MODELS;

DECHLORINATION; WASTES;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

AIR; BIOACCUMULATION; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PLANT; RECYCLING; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE FACILITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMIDITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIC WASTE; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EUCALYPTUS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ISOMERISM; PINUS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

CHINA;

EUCALYPTUS; PINUS MASSONIANA; TILLANDSIA;

EID: 79954420946     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.01.026     Document Type: Article

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