Identifying new persistent and bioaccumulative organics among chemicals in commerce. III: Byproducts, impurities, and transformation products

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5259-5266

  Howard, Philip H ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b  

^a SYRACUSE RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; COMMERCIAL CHEMICALS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-PRODUCTION-VOLUME CHEMICALS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

BIODEGRADATION; BYPRODUCTS;

CHEMICALS;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TERPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOFTWARE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GOVERNMENT; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY;

COMMERCE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84878229456     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4004075     Document Type: Article

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