Particle-bound Dechlorane Plus and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in ambient air around Shanghai, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2982-2988

  Yu, Zhiqiang ^a   Liao, Ru'E ^a,b   Li, Huiru ^a   Mo, Ligui ^a,b   Zeng, Xiangying ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Air; Brominated diphenyl ethers; Dechlorane Plus; Flame retardants; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; CHANGING TRENDS; DECHLORANE PLUS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION LEVEL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SHANGHAI , CHINA; STEREOSELECTIVE PROCESS; TECHNICAL MIXTURES; URBAN AREAS;

ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; LINEAR REGRESSION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DECHLORANE PLUS; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PBDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; STEREOCHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 80052311668     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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