Three-year atmospheric monitoring of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in polar regions and the south pacific

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4475-4482

  Baek, Song Yee ^a   Choi, Sung Deuk ^b   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LOCAL SOURCE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PCB CONGENERS; POLAR REGIONS; RESEARCH STATIONS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SAMPLING SITE; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESINS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ENDOSULFAN; HEXACHLOCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDE; POLAR REGION; RESIN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALDRIN; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; CHLORDAN; DDT; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 79955984114     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1042996     Document Type: Article

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