PCDDs/PCDFs in ambient air (<1 fg m-3) - The CTDEP long term sampling (30d) method

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1664-1671

  Hunt, Gary T ^a   Lihzis, Melita F ^a  

^a TRC Environmental Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Ambient; CTDEP; Dioxins; TO 9A

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AMBIENT; CTDEP; DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS; DIOXINS; ISOTOPICALLY LABELED; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; TO-9A;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCDD; PCDF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; WINTER;

CONNECTICUT; HARTFORD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855814494     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.075     Document Type: Article

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