Summer atmospheric polybrominated diphenyl ethers in urban and rural areas of northern China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 171, Issue , 2012, Pages 234-240

  Wang, Chen ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Chen, Jiwei ^a   Wang, Hongqijie ^a   Li, Tongchao ^a   Shen, Guofeng ^a   Shen, Huizhong ^a   Huang, Ye ^a   Wang, Rong ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Zhang, Yanyan ^a   Tang, Jianhui ^b   Liu, Wenxin ^a   Wang, Xilong ^a   Tao, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient air; North China; PBDEs; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SAMPLERS; AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR SAMPLES; AMBIENT AIR; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BDE-209; COASTAL CHINA; E-WASTE; GUANGZHOU; HONG-KONG; NORTH CHINA; NORTHERN CHINA; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SOUTH CHINA; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SITE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RURAL AREAS;

URBAN GROWTH;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PBDE; RURAL AREA; SUMMER; URBAN AREA;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; SUMMER; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SEASONS;

CHINA;

EID: 84865661433     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.07.041     Document Type: Article

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