Atmospheric concentrations of halogenated flame retardants at two remote locations: The Canadian High Arctic and the Tibetan Plateau

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 154-161

  Xiao, Hang ^a,b   Shen, Li ^c   Su, Yushan ^a   Barresi, Enzo ^a   Dejong, Maryl ^a   Hung, Hayley ^a   Lei, Ying Duan ^b   Wania, Frank ^b   Reiner, Eric J ^c   Sverko, Ed ^a   Kang, Shi Chang ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Arctic; BTBPE; DP; EHTeBB; Flow through sampler; FRs; TBPH; Tibet

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARCTIC; BTBPE; DP; EHTEBB; FLOWTHROUGH; FRS; TBPH; TIBET;

ETHANE; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2 ETHYL 1 HEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; BIS(2 ETHYL 1 HEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HALOGEN; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PBDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HALOGENATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; BROMOBENZENES; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; TIBET;

ALERT; CANADA; CHINA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NAM CO; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; XIZANG;

EID: 80155203510     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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