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Perfluorinated Compounds in the Asian Atmosphere. / Li, Jun; Del Vento, Sabino; Schuster, Jasmin et al.
In: Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 45, No. 17, 01.09.2011, p. 7241-7248.

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Li, J, Del Vento, S, Schuster, J, Zhang, G, Chakraborty, P, Kobara, Y & Jones, KC 2011, 'Perfluorinated Compounds in the Asian Atmosphere', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 45, no. 17, pp. 7241-7248. https://doi.org/10.1021/es201739t

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Li, J., Del Vento, S., Schuster, J., Zhang, G., Chakraborty, P., Kobara, Y., & Jones, K. C. (2011). Perfluorinated Compounds in the Asian Atmosphere. Environmental Science and Technology, 45(17), 7241-7248. https://doi.org/10.1021/es201739t

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Li J, Del Vento S, Schuster J, Zhang G, Chakraborty P, Kobara Y et al. Perfluorinated Compounds in the Asian Atmosphere. Environmental Science and Technology. 2011 Sept 1;45(17):7241-7248. doi: 10.1021/es201739t

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Li, Jun ; Del Vento, Sabino ; Schuster, Jasmin et al. / Perfluorinated Compounds in the Asian Atmosphere. In: Environmental Science and Technology. 2011 ; Vol. 45, No. 17. pp. 7241-7248.

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title = "Perfluorinated Compounds in the Asian Atmosphere",
abstract = "There is interest in the production, use, and environmental occurrence of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) across Asia and the Asian contribution's to the burden of these compounds reaching the Arctic and other remote regions via long-range transport. A spatial survey of perfluorinated compounds was therefore undertaken across China, India, an Japan in 2009 using passive air samplers. Target analytes were fluorotelomer olefins (FTOs), acrylates (FTAs), alcohols (FTOHs), sulfonamides, and sulfonamidoethanols. Wide variations in concentrations and mixtures of compounds were apparent from the study. Generally the FTOHs were the most abundant, followed by 8:2 FTO in China and Japan and by the sulfonamides in India. There was a general decline in PFC concentration from urban, rural, to remote locations. :Background stations reflected regional differences in air mass composition. A site in the west Pacific Ocean exhibited a Japanese profile in which 8:2 FTO and 8:2 FTOH were predominant. In contrast, a southern Indian profile with high 4:2 FTOH concentrations was observed at a background site in southern China.",
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AU - Jones, Kevin C.

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AB - There is interest in the production, use, and environmental occurrence of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) across Asia and the Asian contribution's to the burden of these compounds reaching the Arctic and other remote regions via long-range transport. A spatial survey of perfluorinated compounds was therefore undertaken across China, India, an Japan in 2009 using passive air samplers. Target analytes were fluorotelomer olefins (FTOs), acrylates (FTAs), alcohols (FTOHs), sulfonamides, and sulfonamidoethanols. Wide variations in concentrations and mixtures of compounds were apparent from the study. Generally the FTOHs were the most abundant, followed by 8:2 FTO in China and Japan and by the sulfonamides in India. There was a general decline in PFC concentration from urban, rural, to remote locations. :Background stations reflected regional differences in air mass composition. A site in the west Pacific Ocean exhibited a Japanese profile in which 8:2 FTO and 8:2 FTOH were predominant. In contrast, a southern Indian profile with high 4:2 FTOH concentrations was observed at a background site in southern China.

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