Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and alternative flame retardants in air and precipitation samples from the Northern Lake Victoria Region, East Africa

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1458-1466

  Arinaitwe, Kenneth ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Kiremire, Bernard T ^a   Fellin, Phil ^c   Li, Henrik ^c   Teixeira, Camilla ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c AIRZONE ONE LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2-BIS(2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; AIR POLLUTANT; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; BROMOBENZENE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; PROCEDURES; UGANDA; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BROMOBENZENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; LAKES; RAIN; UGANDA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893563052     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403600a     Document Type: Article

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