Volatile per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds in the remote atmosphere of the western Antarctic Peninsula: An indirect source of perfluoroalkyl acids to Antarctic waters?

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 450-455

  Del Vento, Sabino ^a   Halsall, Crispin ^a   Gioia, Rosalinda ^b   Jones, Kevin ^a   Dachs, Jordi ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Air mass; Contaminants; Long range transport; Polar region; Precursors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879206093     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2012.051     Document Type: Article

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