PCBs, PBDEs, and PAHs in Toronto air: Spatial and seasonal trends and implications for contaminant transport

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 429, Issue , 2012, Pages 272-280

  Melymuk, Lisa ^a   Robson, Matthew ^a   Helm, Paul A ^b   Diamond, Miriam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport; Persistent organic pollutants; Sources; Urban areas; Urban fate and transport

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR SAMPLERS; AIR SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS; COLD TEMPERATURES; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DILUTION MODELS; DOMESTIC HEATING; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; GASPHASE; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; INDOOR AIR; LOCAL SOURCE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POLYURETHANE FOAM; SEASONAL TRENDS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TORONTO; TORONTO , CANADA; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CORE; URBAN-RURAL; URBANIZED AREA; WARM TEMPERATURES; WINTER EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; GAS EMISSIONS; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RURAL AREAS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; DEPOSITION; PAH; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLYMER; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84862253462     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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