Concentrations in air of organobromine, organochlorine and organophosphate flame retardants in Toronto, Canada

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-147

  Shoeib, Mahiba ^a   Ahrens, Lutz ^a,b   Jantunen, Liisa ^a   Harner, Tom ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air concentrations; BFRs; Flame retardants; NBFRs; OPFRs; Organobromine flame retardants; Organophosphate

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; BFRS; NBFRS; OPFRS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PLASTICIZER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANOHALOGEN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOACCUMULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANADA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOUSE DUST; LEACHING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; URBAN AREA; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILIZATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84907695414     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.040     Document Type: Article

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