Occurrence of perfluoroalkyl acids including perfluorooctane sulfonate isomers in huai river basin and Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province, China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 710-717

  Yu, Nanyang ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Zhang, Beibei ^b   Su, Guanyong ^a   Feng, Jianfang ^a   Zhang, Xiaowei ^a   Wei, Si ^a   Yu, Hongxia ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Provincial Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL FLUORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; JIANGSU PROVINCE; OBSERVED DATA; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; RIVER BASINS; TAIHU LAKES; TWO-COMPONENT; WATER SAMPLES;

FLUORINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

ISOMERS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTROKINESIS; ORGANIC ACID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORINATION; ISOMER; LAKE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; ISOMERISM; LAKES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; HUAI BASIN; JIANGSU; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 84872556896     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3037803     Document Type: Article

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