Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the atmosphere of coastal areas of the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Indications for long-term downward trends

Chemosphere

Volumn 178, Issue , 2017, Pages 458-465

  Pozo, Karla ^a,b,c   Martellini, Tania ^d   Corsolini, Simonetta ^a   Harner, Tom ^e   Estellano, Victor ^a   Kukučka, Petr ^b   Mulder, Marie D ^b   Lammel, Gerhard ^b,f   Cincinelli, Alessandra ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air; Antarctica; Backward trajectories; OCPs; Passive air samplers; PCBs; Ross sea

Indexed keywords

AIR; COASTAL ZONES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ANTARCTICA; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; OCPS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; ROSS SEA;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; AIR POLLUTANT; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PCB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SAMPLER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAJECTORY; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION; WEATHER STATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEASHORE; VOLATILIZATION; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; PROCEDURES;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ITALY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 85016011088     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.118     Document Type: Article

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