Contamination profiles of perfluoroalkyl substances in five typical rivers of the Pearl River Delta region, South China

Chemosphere

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-25

  Pan, Chang Gui ^a   Ying, Guang Guo ^a   Liu, You Sheng ^a   Zhang, Qian Qian ^a   Chen, Zhi Feng ^a   Peng, Feng Jiao ^a   Huang, Guo Yong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Dongjiang River; Perfluorinated compounds; PFOA; PFOS; Sediment; Water

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

DONGJIANG RIVERS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; PFOA; PFOS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALKYL GROUP; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; RIVER WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOFLUORINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PAPER INDUSTRY; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

CHINA; DANSHUI RIVER; DONG RIVER; GUANGDONG; HEBEI; SHA RIVER [HEBEI]; TAIWAN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

DONGJIANG RIVER; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PFOA; PFOS; SEDIMENT; WATER;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905712511     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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