Characterizing the gas-phase organochlorine pesticides in the atmosphere over the Pearl River Delta Region

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-246

  Ling, Zhenhao ^a,b   Xu, Dongyan ^c   Zou, Shichun ^a   Lee, Shuncheng ^b   Ho, Kinfai ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c ZHAOQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas phase; Organochlorine pesticides; Pearl River Delta Region

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GASES; GEMS; INSECTICIDES; RIVERS;

AIR TRAJECTORIES; GASPHASE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; POTENTIAL SOURCE REGIONS; SAMPLING SITE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 79957496884     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.11.0097     Document Type: Article

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