A North American and global survey of perfluoroalkyl substances in surface soils: Distribution patterns and mode of occurrence

Chemosphere

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 333-341

  Rankin, Keegan ^a   Mabury, Scott A ^a   Jenkins, Thomas M ^b   Washington, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b United States Environmental Protection Agency   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Background soils; PFASs; PFOA; PFOS; Reconnaissance survey

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBOXYLATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURVEYS;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFASS; PFOA; PFOS; RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (UPLC MS/MS);

SOILS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; POINT SOURCE; SOIL SURFACE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ARTICLE; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXIDATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE SOIL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ANTARCTICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOUTH AMERICA; STANDARDS; WATER POLLUTANT;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AFRICA; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPRYLATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH AMERICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84978786406     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.109     Document Type: Article

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