Spatial distribution of old and emerging flame retardants in chinese forest soils: Sources, trends and processes.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2904-2911

  Zheng, Qian ^a   Nizzetto, Luca ^b,c   Li, Jun ^a   Mulder, Marie D ^b   Sáňka, Ondřej ^b   Lammel, Gerhard ^b,d   Bing, Haijian ^e   Liu, Xin ^a   Jiang, Yishan ^a   Luo, Chunling ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOILS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; EMERGING FLAME RETARDANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS; POPULATION DENSITIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOURCE DISTRIBUTION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; DECHLORANE PLUS; FLAME RETARDANT; MINERAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FOREST SOIL; PBDE; SAMPLING; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FOREST SOIL; LATITUDE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ANALYSIS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

EMISSION; FLAME RETARDANTS; SAMPLES; SOIL;

CHINA;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FORESTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84924077568     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505876k     Document Type: Article

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