Distribution and primary source analysis of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances with different chain lengths in surface and groundwater in two cities, North China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 318-328

  Yao, Yiming ^a   Zhu, Hongkai ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Hu, Hongwei ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Yamazaki, Eriko ^b   Taniyasu, Sachi ^b   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^b   Sun, Hongwen ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distribution; Groundwater; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Precipitation; River water; Source analysis

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; GROUND WATER; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROBUTYRIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUOROCARBON; GROUNDWATER; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRECIPITATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; SHANDONG; TIANJIN; WEIFANG;

CAPRYLATES; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITIES; FLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER; RIVERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84921681210     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.07.021     Document Type: Article

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