Estimation of PFOS emission from domestic sources in the eastern coastal region of China

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 336-343

  Xie, Shuangwei ^a,b   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Wang, Tieyu ^a   Liu, Shijie ^a,b   Jones, Kevin ^c   Sweetman, Andy ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Coastal region; Domestic source; Emission estimation; Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHINA; COASTAL REGIONS; DOMESTIC SOURCE; EMISSION ESTIMATION; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES;

COASTAL ZONES;

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID;

COASTAL ZONE; DELTA; EMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFONATE; WASTEWATER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DOMESTIC WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; TIANJIN; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

CHINA; COASTAL REGION; DOMESTIC SOURCE; EMISSION ESTIMATION; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE (PFOS);

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; INDUSTRY; RIVERS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84880838501     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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