Passive air monitoring of PCBs and PCNs across East Asia: A comprehensive congener evaluation for source characterization

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 718-726

  Hogarh, Jonathan Nartey ^a   Seike, Nobuyasu ^b   Kobara, Yuso ^b   Habib, Ahsan ^c   Nam, Jae Jak ^d   Lee, Jong Sik ^e   Li, Qilu ^f   Liu, Xiang ^f   Li, Jun ^f   Zhang, Gan ^f   Masunaga, Shigeki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d Certification and Business Team   (South Korea)

^e Rural National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

^f GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Passive air sampling; PCBs; PCNs; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLINGS; PCNS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE (PCNS); POLYURETHANE FOAMS; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; POLYETHERURETHAN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOAM; MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; JAPAN; KOREA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84856050233     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.10.046     Document Type: Article

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