Polybrominated diphenyl ethers vs alternate brominated flame retardants and dechloranes from East Asia to the arctic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6793-6799

  Möller, Axel ^a   Xie, Zhiyong ^a   Cai, Minghong ^b   Zhong, Guangcai ^a,c,d   Huang, Peng ^e   Cai, Minggang ^e   Sturm, Renate ^a   He, Jianfeng ^b   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENT; BDE-209; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; EAST ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HIGH ARCTIC; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLAR EXPEDITION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SEAWATER SAMPLES;

ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SEAWATER;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; 2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; ALTERNATE BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; BIS(2 ETHYL HEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; DECHLORANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PBDE; SEAWATER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; BROMINATION; CHLORINATION;

AIR; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; FLAME RETARDANTS; GASES; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; SEAWATER; SHIPS;

ARCTIC; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80051740619     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201850n     Document Type: Article

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