Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in farmland soils: Source characterization, deposition contribution and apportionment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 524-532

  Dong, Yian ^a   Li, Li ^a   Bie, Pengju ^a   Jia, Shenglan ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Huang, Zhi ^a   Qiu, Xinghua ^a   Zhang, Jianbo ^a   Hu, Jianxin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Farmland soil; PBDEs; PMF

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; FARMLAND SOILS; PBDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PMF; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; FARMS; HOUSING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; AIR POLLUTANT; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; DRY WEIGHT; DUMPING; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE DISMANTLING; OPEN BURNING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHINA; TAIZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84882642446     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.058     Document Type: Article

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