Bromobenzene flame retardants in the Great Lakes atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 8653-8660

  Venier, Marta ^a   Ma, Yuning ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BROMOBENZENE; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; DETECTION FREQUENCY; GREAT LAKES; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HUMAN POPULATION; MICHIGAN; NEW YORK; NORTH AMERICAN; POINT SOURCES; REMOTE SITES; SAMPLING SITE; TARGET COMPOUND; VAPOR PHASE;

BENZENE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; VAPORS; XYLENE;

LAKES;

BROMOBENZENE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; PENTABROMOBENZENE; PENTABROMOBENZYL BROMIDE; PENTABROMOBENZYLACRYLATE; PENTABROMOETHYL BENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; TETRABROMO 4 XYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LAKE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BROMOBENZENES; FLAME RETARDANTS; LAKES; MICHIGAN; NEW YORK; QUALITY CONTROL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84865510257     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3015919     Document Type: Article

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