Brominated flame retardants in Korean river sediments, including changes in polybrominated diphenyl ether concentrations between 2006 and 2009

Chemosphere

Volumn 126, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-24

  Lee, In Seok ^a   Kang, Hee Hyung ^b   Kim, Un Jung ^b,c   Oh, Jeong Eun ^b  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Freshwater sediment; Hexabromocyclododecane; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Temporal concentration changes; Tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); TEMPORAL CONCENTRATIONS; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

SEDIMENTS;

BROMINE; DIPHENYL ETHER; EPOXY RESIN; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCARBONATE; POLYSTYRENE; RESIN; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

BROMINE COMPOUND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; PBDE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; GRAIN; KOREA; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

NAKDONG BASIN; SOUTH KOREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RIVERS;

EID: 84924236536     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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