Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and perfluorinated compounds in the atmosphere of North Greenland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 217, Issue , 2016, Pages 4-10

  Bossi, Rossana ^a   Vorkamp, Katrin ^a   Skov, Henrik ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic atmosphere; Chlorinated pesticides; Neutral PFAS; North Greenland; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; PESTICIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; NEUTRAL PFAS; NORTH GREENLAND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SULFONAMIDE; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PBDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENLAND; MEASUREMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GREENLAND; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; PESTICIDES; SEASONS;

EID: 84955261597     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.12.026     Document Type: Article

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