Unintentional formed PCDDs, PCDFs, and DL-PCBs as impurities in Chinese pentachloronitrobenzene products

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 14462-14470

  Huang, Jun ^a   Gao, Jie ^a   Yu, Gang ^a   Yamazaki, Norimasa ^b   Deng, Shubo ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Weber, Roland ^a,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSD IDEA (Beijing) Institute of Environmental Innovation Co Ltd   (China)

^c POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

Author keywords

DL PCBs; HRGC HRMS; PCDDs; PCDFs; Pentachloronitrobenzene; TEQ

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEXACHLOROBENZENE; IRON; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION; THERMAL ALTERATION;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; QUINTOZENE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

BENZOFURANS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NITROBENZENES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84943150915     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3507-2     Document Type: Article

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