In situ fate and partitioning of waterborne perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in the Youngsan and Nakdong River Estuaries of South Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-145

  Hong, Seongjin ^a   Khim, Jong Seong ^a   Park, Jinsoon ^a   Kim, Minhee ^b   Kim, Woong Ki ^b   Jung, Jinho ^b   Hyun, Seunghun ^b   Kim, Jeong Gyu ^b   Lee, Hyojin ^c   Choi, Heeseon J ^c   Codling, Garry ^d   Giesy, John P ^d,e,f  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Geosystem Research Corporation   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Estuary; Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS); Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); Salting out effect; Water particle partitioning

Indexed keywords

WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SALTING OUT EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER PARTICLES;

ESTUARIES;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ESTUARY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SALINITY; SOUTH KOREA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

NAKDONG ESTUARY; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH CHOLLA; SOUTH KOREA; YOUNGSAN ESTUARY;

EID: 84872451806     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.040     Document Type: Article

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