Particle size distribution of halogenated flame retardants and implications for atmospheric deposition and transport

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14426-14434

  Okonski, Krzysztof ^a   Degrendele, Céline ^a   Melymuk, Lisa ^a   Landlová, Linda ^a   Kukučka, Petr ^a   Vojta, Šimon ^a   Kohoutek, Jiří ^a   Čupr, Pavel ^a   Klánová, Jana ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DEPOSITION; FLAME RETARDANTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN GROWTH;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SPECIFIC DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AND RURAL SITES;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 1,2,5,6 TETRABROMOCYCLOOCTANE; 2,3,5,6 TETRABROMO P XYLENE; ALPHA HBCD; BDE 100; BDE 154; BDE 183; BDE 209; BDE 28; BDE 47; BDE 66; BDE 85; BDE 99; BETA HBCD; FLAME RETARDANT; GAMA HBCD; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOPENTENYLDIBROMOCYCLOOCTANE; P TBX; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYSTYRENE; TETRABROMOETHYLCYCLOHEXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONALITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUTUMN; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; HALOGENATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

EID: 84907068318     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5044547     Document Type: Article

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