Application of XAD-resin based passive air samplers to assess local (roadside) and regional patterns of persistent organic pollutants

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 166, Issue , 2012, Pages 218-225

  Barthel, Paul ^a   Thuens, Sabine ^a   Shunthirasingham, Chubashini ^b   Westgate, John N ^b   Wania, Frank ^b   Radke, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

PAH; Passive sampling; PCB; Regional distribution; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL PATTERN; REMOTE REGIONS; SHORT PERIODS; UNCERTAINTY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RESINS; WETLANDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XAD RESIN;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; RESIN; ROAD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOTOR VEHICLES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CANADA;

EID: 84859771537     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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