Emerging brominated flame retardants in the sediment of the Great Lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3119-3126

  Yang, Ruiqiang ^a,b   Wei, Hua ^a   Guo, Jiehong ^a   Li, An ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-BIS(2 ,4 ,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; GREAT LAKES; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; LEVELING OFFS; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICAN; ONTARIO; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; POLYBROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; SAMPLING LOCATION; SAMPLING SITE; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; SURFACE FLUX; TIME TRENDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ETHANE; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 1,2 DIBROMO 4 (1,2 DIBROMOETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOPENTADIENYL DIBROMOCYCLOOCTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CORRELATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PBDE; PCB; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE FLUX;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LAKE SEDIMENT; NORTH AMERICA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; LAKES;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84858634021     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204141p     Document Type: Article

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