Global distribution of linear and cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes in air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3349-3354

  Genualdi, Susie ^a   Harner, Tom ^a   Cheng, Yu ^a   MacLeod, Matthew ^b   Hansen, Kaj M ^c   Van Egmond, Roger ^d   Shoeib, Mahiba ^a   Lee, Sum Chi ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EULERIAN; FATE MODEL; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HIGH ELEVATION; HIGH-PRODUCTION-VOLUME CHEMICALS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; URBAN AREAS; WEST COAST;

SILICON COMPOUNDS; SORPTION;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

POLYURETHAN FOAM; SORBENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; VOLATILE METHYL SILXOANE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOAM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SAMPLER; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; ALTITUDE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; BERKELEY TRENT GLOBAL CONTAMINANT FATE MODEL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DANISH EULERIAN HEMISPHERIC MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SILOXANES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 79954473054     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200301j     Document Type: Article

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