Atmospheric Fate and Behavior of POPs

Environmental Forensics for Persistent Organic Pollutants

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 199-289

  Shields, Walter J ^a   Ahn, Sungwoo ^a   Pietari, Jaana ^a   Robrock, Kristin ^a   Royer, Laurel ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Atmospheric chemistry; Polybrominated; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxin; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Polyfluorinated; Settled dust

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DUST; MINERAL OILS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AMBIENT AIR; POLYBROMINATED; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYFLUORINATED; SETTLED DUST;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84902903457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59424-2.00006-2     Document Type: Chapter

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