Emission of unintentionally produced polychlorinated biphenyls (UP-PCBs) in China: Has this become the major source of PCBs in Chinese air?

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-79

  Cui, Song ^a   Qi, Hong ^a   Liu, Li Yan ^a   Song, Wei Wei ^a   Ma, Wan Li ^a   Jia, Hong Liang ^b   Ding, Yong Sheng ^c   Li, Yi Fan ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d IJRC PTS NA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Emission inventories; PCB air concentrations; Unintentionally produced POPs

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; CHINA; DATA SETS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; PRIMARY EMISSIONS; RURAL SITE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL TRENDS; UNINTENTIONALLY PRODUCED POPS; URBAN SITE;

CEMENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; STEELMAKING; URBAN GROWTH;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINTENTIONALLY PRODUCED POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CEMENT; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PCB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEEL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CHINA; COKING INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84869872905     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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