Background level and composition of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in creek and subtidal sediments in a rural area of Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1479-1484

  Lee, Hyo Jin ^a   An, Soonmo ^b   Kim, Gi Beum ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Background level; Composition; Organic carbon; PBDEs; Rural area

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; RURAL AREAS; SEDIMENTS;

ACTIVE REGIONS; BACKGROUND LEVEL; OCTANOL-WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SUBTIDAL SEDIMENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

OCTANOL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; WATER;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE SEDIMENT; PBDE; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT; SOUTH KOREA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GOSEONG; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTH KYONGSANG;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PBDES; RURAL AREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891747541     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.105     Document Type: Article

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