Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soils, sediments, and human hair in a plastic waste recycling area: A neglected heavily polluted area

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1508-1516

  Tang, Zhenwu ^a,b   Huang, Qifei ^b   Cheng, Jiali ^c   Yang, Yufei ^b   Yang, Jun ^d   Guo, Wei ^a   Nie, Zhiqiang ^b   Zeng, Ning ^a   Jin, Lu ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; HAIR; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; HUMAN; RECYCLING; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE;

CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAIR; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES; HUMANS; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84893623584     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404905u     Document Type: Article

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