Levels and spatial distribution of gaseous polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated naphthalenes in the air over the northern South China Sea

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 228-235

  Li, Qilu ^a,c   Xu, Yue ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Pan, Xiaohui ^b   Liu, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; PCBs; PCNs; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS ORIGIN; AIR SAMPLES; ASIAN COUNTRIES; E-WASTE; MEAN VALUES; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PCBS; PCNS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; SAMPLING SITE; SHIP DISMANTLING; SOURCE REGION; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; SHIPS; WASTES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RECYCLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE FACILITY;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMBUSTION; GAS ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SEA; SHIP; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ASIA; CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

TETRA;

EID: 84861701504     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.074     Document Type: Article

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