Polybromobenzene pollutants in the atmosphere of north China: Levels, distribution, and sources

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12761-12767

  Lin, Yan ^a   Qiu, Xinghua ^a   Zhao, Yifan ^a   Ma, Jin ^b   Yang, Qiaoyun ^a   Zhu, Tong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLES; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION;

FLAME RETARDANTS; MANUFACTURE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

BROMOBENZENE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; PENTABROMOBENZENE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; TETRABROMOBENZENE; TRIBROMOTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POLLUTANT SOURCE; POPULATION DENSITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDUSTRY; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BROMOBENZENES; CHINA; FLAME RETARDANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84888228065     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403854d     Document Type: Article

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