Seasonal variations in the atmospheric concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Kuwait

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 534-541

  Gevao, Bondi ^a   Ghadban, Abdul Nabi ^a   Porcelli, Massimiliano ^a   Ali, Lulwa ^a   Rashdan, Amal ^a   Al Bahloul, Majed ^a   Matrouk, Khalid ^a   Zafar, Jamal ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Long range atmospheric transport; PBDEs; POPs; Seasonal variations; Semivolatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; PBDES; POPS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

URBAN GROWTH;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PBDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); KUWAIT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; KUWAIT; SEASONS;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 84876302253     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.073     Document Type: Article

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