Sources of unintentionally produced polychlorinated naphthalenes

Chemosphere

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Liu, Guorui ^a,b   Cai, Zongwei ^b   Zheng, Minghui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emission factors; Emission inventory; Emission profiles; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated naphthalenes

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; NAPHTHALENE;

EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EMISSION PROFILE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SAMPLING;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXHAUST GAS; FLY ASH; GAS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSION PROFILES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; NAPHTHALENES;

EID: 84887163355     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.09.021     Document Type: Review

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