Chiral persistent organic pollutants as tracers of atmospheric sources and fate: Review and prospects for investigating climate change influences

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-382

  Bidleman, Terry F ^a,b,c   Jantunen, Liisa M ^b   Kurt Karakus, Perihan Binnur ^d   Wong, Fiona ^e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chiral; Climate; Persistent organic pollutants; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877005265     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2012.043     Document Type: Article

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