Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and alternative brominated flame retardants in air and seawater of the European Arctic

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1577-1583

  Möller, Axel ^a   Xie, Zhiyong ^a   Sturm, Renate ^a   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,3 Dibromopropyl 2,4,6 tribromophenyl ether; Air seawater exchange; Arctic; Flame retardants; Hexabromobenzene; PBDE

Indexed keywords

2,3-DIBROMOPROPYL-2,4,6- TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; ALTERNATIVE FLAME RETARDANTS; ARCTIC; ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENLAND SEA; HEXABROMOBENZENE; PBDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SEAWATER EXCHANGE; SPATIAL TRENDS; WATER SAMPLES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEAWATER;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; BROMOBENZENE; DIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BROMINE COMPOUND; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE POLLUTION; PBDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; GAS EXCHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; BROMOBENZENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEAWATER; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND SHELF; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 79955079639     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.054     Document Type: Article

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