Assessment of halogenated POPs and PAHs in three cities in the Yangtze River Delta using high-volume samplers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 619-626

  Zhang, Lifei ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Dong, Liang ^a   Shi, Shuangxin ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Huang, Yeru ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atmospheric concentrations; Persistent organic pollutants; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Potential sources; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); POTENTIAL SOURCES; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INDENO[1,2,3 C,D]PYRENE; LINDANE; MITOTANE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHENANTHRENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; FLUORANTHENE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; METROPOLITAN AREA; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PBDE; PCB; PHENANTHRENE; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANTONG; SUZHOU; WUXI [JIANGSU]; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84876881714     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.051     Document Type: Article

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