Comparative assessment of the global fate of α- and β-hexachlorocyclohexane before and after phase-out

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2047-2054

  Wöhrnschimmel, Henry ^a   Tay, Pascal ^a   Von Waldow, Harald ^a,b   Hung, Hayley ^c   Li, Yi Fan ^c   MacLeod, Matthew ^d   Hungerbuhler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ARCTIC SEA-ICE; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CURRENT LEVELS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; MODEL RESULTS; OCEAN WATER; REMOTE LOCATION; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; ISOMERS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; SEA WATER;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL EMISSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AIR MONITORING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINDANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PESTICIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84863264710     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203109q     Document Type: Article

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