Source Attribution of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Surface Waters from Rhode Island and the New York Metropolitan Area

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 316-321

  Zhang, Xianming ^a,b   Lohmann, Rainer ^c   Dassuncao, Clifton ^a,b   Hu, Xindi C ^a,b   Weber, Andrea K ^a   Vecitis, Chad D ^a   Sunderland, Elsie M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE MILLS; URBAN GROWTH;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; LIMITED INFORMATION; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; POLY AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE (PFASS); SOURCE ATTRIBUTION TECHNIQUES; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85006141596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00255     Document Type: Article

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