Wet deposition of brominated flame retardants to the Great Lakes basin - Status and trends

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 299-306

  Robson, Matthew ^a   Melymuk, Lisa ^b   Bradley, Lisa ^c   Treen, Brenda ^c   Backus, Sean ^c  

^a EmPOPs   (United Kingdom)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Great Lakes; Spatial trends; Temporal trends; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; GREAT LAKES; SPATIAL TRENDS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WET DEPOSITION;

FLAME RETARDANTS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DEPOSITION;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 14 POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHER; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; BROMINE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BROMINE COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WET DEPOSITION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE BASIN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PRODUCT RECALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; WET DEPOSITION;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; GREAT LAKES; SPATIAL TRENDS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GREAT LAKES REGION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GREAT LAKES BASIN; LAKE HURON;

EID: 84882769871     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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