PBDEs in the atmosphere over the Asian marginal seas, and the Indian and Atlantic oceans

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 6622-6628

  Li, Jun ^a   Li, Qilu ^a   Gioia, Rosalinda ^b   Zhang, Yanlin ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a   Li, Xiangdong ^c   Spiro, Baruch ^d   Bhatia, Ravinder S ^e   Jones, Kevin C ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e JOINT ALMA OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Indian Ocean; PBDEs; POPs; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PBDES; POPS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ETHERS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL ACTIVITY; LATITUDE; OPEN OCEAN; PBDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANDAMAN SEA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; BAY OF BENGAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAY LENGTH; EAST CHINA SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; LATITUDE; NIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 80053911048     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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