Occurrence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in agricultural soils in a BFR-manufacturing region of North China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-54

  Zhu, Zhi Cheng ^a,b   Chen, She Jun ^a   Zheng, Jing ^c   Tian, Mi ^a,b   Feng, An Hong ^a,b   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

BFRs; Mass inventory; OCPs; PCBs; Soil; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BFRS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; MASS INVENTORY; OCPS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

FLAME RETARDANTS; MANUFACTURE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BROMINE COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; VEGETABLE BREEDING;

CHINA;

BFRS; MASS INVENTORY; OCPS; PCBS; SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84896717383     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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