Temporal variations of perfluoroalkyl substances and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in alpine snow

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 178, Issue , 2013, Pages 367-374

  Kirchgeorg, Torben ^a,b,c   Dreyer, Annekatrin ^a,d   Gabrieli, Jacopo ^b,e   Kehrwald, Natalie ^b   Sigl, Michael ^f   Schwikowski, Margit ^g,h   Boutron, Claude ⁱ   Gambaro, Andrea ^b,e   Barbante, Carlo ^b,e   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Deposition; European Alps; PBDE; PFAS; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN ALPS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; PBDE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PFAS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); TEMPORAL TRENDS;

DEPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SNOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FIRN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICE CORE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PBDE; SNOW; SURFACTANT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EUROPE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SNOW; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; MONTE ROSA; PENNINE ALPS;

EID: 84876565252     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.043     Document Type: Article

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