Occurrence and trends in concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in surface waters of eastern China

Chemosphere

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 820-827

  Lu, Zhibo ^a   Song, Luning ^a   Zhao, Zhen ^b   Ma, Yuxin ^a,c   Wang, Juan ^a   Yang, Haizhen ^a   Ma, Hongmei ^c   Cai, Minghong ^c,d   Codling, Garry ^d   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^b   Xie, Zhiyong ^b   Giesy, John P ^d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia; Mass flow; PFASs; Spatial distribution; Surface waters; The eastern China

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

ASIA; EASTERN CHINA; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FLOW; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFASS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ALKYL GROUP; LAKE WATER; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

LAKE POLLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; RIVER; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; LAKES; RIVERS; SEASONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84919723486     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.08.045     Document Type: Article

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