2-Ethylhexyl tetrabromobenzoate and Bis(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate flame retardants in the great lakes atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 204-208

  Ma, Yuning ^a   Venier, Marta ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CHICAGO; CLEVELAND; GREAT LAKES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REMOTE AREAS; TIME-PERIODS; URBAN AREAS;

ETHERS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; FLAME RETARDANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTER; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PBDE; PLASTIC; SHORE (NONMARINE); URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ATMOSPHERE; BROMOBENZOATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

CHICAGO; CLEVELAND [OHIO]; EAGLE HARBOR [MICHIGAN]; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ILLINOIS; MICHIGAN; OHIO; SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855315691     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203251f     Document Type: Article

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