Dechlorane plus and related compounds in the environment: A review

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5088-5098

  Sverko, Ed ^a   Tomy, Gregg T ^b   Reiner, Eric J ^c   Li, Yi Fan ^a,d   McCarry, Brian E ^e   Arnot, Jon A ^f   Law, Robin J ^g   Hites, Ronald A ^h  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEGRADATION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GREAT LAKES; HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUMES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODELING DATA; NORTH AMERICAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRODUCTION PLANT; RELATED COMPOUNDS; STOCKHOLM; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; UNITED NATIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; IMPURITIES; LAKES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

DECHLORANE PLUS; FLAME RETARDANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; REACTION RATE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTANT; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TROUT; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT LAKES REGION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79959253273     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2003028     Document Type: Article

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