Perfluorinated compounds in surface waters from Northern China: Comparison to level of industrialization

Environment International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-46

  Wang, Tieyu ^a   Khim, Jong Seong ^b   Chen, Chunli ^a   Naile, Jonathan E ^c   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^d   Park, Jinsoon ^b   Luo, Wei ^a   Jiao, Wentao ^a   Hu, Wenyou ^a   Giesy, John P ^c,e,f  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Mass flow; Occurrence; PFCs; Risk assessment; Sources; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; INDUSTRY; MASS TRANSFER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANNUAL PRODUCTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; MASS FLOW; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NORTHEAST CHINA; NORTHERN CHINA; OCCURRENCE; OVERSEAS DEMAND; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFCS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; STOCKHOLM; TIANJIN;

SURFACE WATERS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; WILDLIFE;

CHINA; HOHHOT; LIAONING; NEI MONGGOL; SHANXI; TIANJIN;

EID: 84858446580     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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