Pine needles as passive bio-samplers to determine polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-252

  Ratola, Nuno ^a   Alves, Arminda ^a   Santos, Lúcia ^a   Lacorte, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution; GC MS; Passive bio samplers; PBDEs; Pine needles

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ETHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEEDLES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

DISTRIBUTION; GC-MS; PASSIVE BIO-SAMPLERS; PBDES; PINE NEEDLE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ADSORPTION; BIOMONITORING; CLEANUP; CONIFEROUS TREE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; IONIZATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PINE; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINEA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; ULTRASOUND;

SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 80054865520     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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