Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in soils along a rural-urban-rural transect: Sources, concentration gradients, and profiles

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3666-3672

  Gevao, Bondi ^a   Ghadban, Abdul Nabi ^a   Uddin, Saif ^a   Jaward, Foday M ^b   Bahloul, Majed ^a   Zafar, Jamal ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition, Urban pulse; Persistent organic pollutants; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Surface soil

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BDE-209; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CONGENER PROFILES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL SAMPLE; SURFACE SOIL; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; URBAN CENTERS;

ETHERS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; SOIL SURFACE; TRANSECT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KUWAIT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; KUWAIT; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

KUWAIT [KUWAIT (NTN)]; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 80053639806     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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