Atmospheric deposition of halogenated flame retardants at urban, E-Waste, and rural locations in Southern China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4696-4701

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

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DECABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DEPOSITION PROFILES; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); FINE PARTICLES; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; LOCAL EMISSIONS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL LOCATIONS; RURAL SITE; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOUTHERN CHINA; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ETHANE; ETHERS; HALOGENATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS (2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2,3,5,6 TETRABROMO 4 XYLENE; DECABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SORPTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOGENATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

CHINA;

EID: 79957810248     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200112m     Document Type: Article

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