Occurrence of hydrophobic organic pollutants (BFRs and UV-filters) in sediments from South America

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-316

  Barón, Enrique ^a   Gago Ferrero, Pablo ^a   Gorga, Marina ^a   Rudolph, Ignacio ^b   Mendoza, Gonzalo ^b   Zapata, Andrés Mauricio ^c   Díaz Cruz, Sílvia ^a   Barra, Ricardo ^b   Ocampo Duque, William ^c   Páez, Martha ^d   Darbra, Rosa María ^e   Eljarrat, Ethel ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BFR; Chile; Colombia; Sediments; South America; UV filter

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTS;

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); CHILE; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOUTH AMERICA; UV FILTER;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; FLAME RETARDANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; FILTER; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHILE; FILTER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; ULTRAVIOLET FILTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHILE; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84877696087     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.032     Document Type: Article

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