A preliminary compilation and evaluation of a comprehensive emission inventory for polychlorinated biphenyls in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 533, Issue , 2015, Pages 247-255

  Cui, Song ^a,b   Fu, Qiang ^a   Ma, Wan Li ^b   Song, Wei Wei ^b   Liu, Li Yan ^b   Li, Yi Fan ^b,c  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c IJRC PTS NA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; E Waste; Emission inventories; Intentionally produced PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WASTES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; CHINA; E-WASTES; EMISSION INVENTORIES; INTENTIONALLY PRODUCED PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SOURCE-RECEPTOR RELATIONSHIPS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84936972652     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.144     Document Type: Article

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