Levels, isomer profiles and chiral signatures of particle-bound hexabromocyclododecanes in ambient air around Shanghai, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 165, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-146

  Li, Huiru ^a   Mo, Ligui ^a,b   Yu, Zhiqiang ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs); Diastereomer; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS MS); Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Stereoisomer

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); DIASTEREOMERS; LC-MS/MS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; STEREOISOMER;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALPHA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; BETA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; DELTA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; EPSILON HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; GAMMA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; CHEMICAL BONDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CHIRALITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTIONATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84862795510     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.02.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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