Levels and seasonal variations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the urban atmosphere of Beijing, China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-301

  Shi, Shuangxin ^a   Huang, Yeru ^a   Wan, Kuiyuan ^b   Dong, Liang ^a   Yang, Yongliang ^b  

^a National Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurements   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Beijing; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BEIJING; BEIJING , CHINA; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SAMPLING PERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERES;

CONTAMINATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MUTAGENESIS; POLLUTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; STANDARD; URBANIZATION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84876169855     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0924-0     Document Type: Article

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