A review of status of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in China

Chemosphere

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-20

  Liu, Kou ^a,b   Li, Jun ^a   Yan, Shengjun ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Li, Yaojian ^a   Han, Dan ^a  

^a China Tianying Inc   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Environmental level; Potential impact; Risk management; Tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC WASTE; LAKE POLLUTION; MANUFACTURE; MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WASTES;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS; MANUFACTURING SITES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REACTIVE FLAME RETARDANTS; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

SOIL POLLUTION;

TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; WATER; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMER; RESEARCH WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR; BIOTA; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHINA; DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FOOD; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANHUI; CHAOHU LAKE; CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU; SHANDONG; SHOUGUANG;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; LAKES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84960465054     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.01.023     Document Type: Review

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