Concentration and source identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phthalic acid esters in the surface water of the Yangtze River Delta, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-342

  Zhang, Lifei ^a   Dong, Liang ^a   Ren, Lijun ^a   Shi, Shuangxin ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Huang, Yeru ^a  

^a National Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurements   (China)

Author keywords

Phthalic acid esters; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Surface water; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

BENZO [A] PYRENE; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE; DOMESTIC WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; FLUORANTHENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PETROLEUM COMBUSTION; PHTHALIC ACID ESTERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REFERENCE LEVELS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; TAIHU LAKES; WATER SAMPLES; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMBUSTION; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIESEL ENGINES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKES; LIQUIDS; NAPHTHALENE; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; PHTHALATE; PYRENE; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; FRESH WATER; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84863179771     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60782-1     Document Type: Article

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