Tribromophenoxy flame retardants in the Great Lakes atmosphere

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13112-13117

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CHICAGO; CLEVELAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; GREAT LAKES; REMOTE SITES; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TEMPORAL CHANGE; URBAN EFFECT;

ETHANE; ETHERS; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2 BROMOALLYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; 2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY; ALLYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; TRIBROMOPHENOXY DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BROMINE COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LAKE; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BROMOBENZENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

CHICAGO; CLEVELAND [OHIO]; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ILLINOIS; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871287295     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3033814     Document Type: Article

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