Discontinued and alternative brominated flame retardants in the atmosphere and precipitation from the great lakes basin

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8698-8706

  Salamova, Amina ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-BIS(2 ,4 ,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES BASIN; HEXABROMOBENZENE; INTEGRATED ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION NETWORKS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PARTICLE PHASE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PRECIPITATION SAMPLES; REMOTE SITES; THREE PHASIS; VAPOR PHASE;

ETHANE; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; LINEAR REGRESSION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; VAPORS;

LAKES;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; PBDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BROMINATION; LAKE; PRECIPITATION; VAPOR;

BROMOBENZENES; CHICAGO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; OHIO;

CHICAGO; CLEVELAND [OHIO]; EAGLE HARBOR; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ILLINOIS; MICHIGAN; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; OHIO; STURGEON POINT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054687923     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2020378     Document Type: Article

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