Mass balance of perfluoroalkyl acids in the Baltic sea

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4088-4095

  Filipovic, Marko ^a   Berger, Urs ^a   McLachlan, Michael S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; COASTAL WASTEWATERS; DELAYED RELEASE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; RIVERINE DISCHARGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; METADATA; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

DEPOSITION;

HALOACID; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFLOW; MASS BALANCE; RIVER FLOW; WATER COLUMN; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BALTIC SEA; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORTH SEA; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPROATES; CAPRYLATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ODER RIVER;

EID: 84877615741     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400174y     Document Type: Article

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