PMID- 16563583 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071109 LR - 20060918 IS - 0269-7491 (Print) IS - 0269-7491 (Linking) VI - 144 IP - 2 DP - 2006 Nov TI - Passive air sampling for persistent organic pollutants: introductory remarks to the special issue. PG - 361-4 AB - There have been a number of developments in the need, design and use of passive air samplers (PAS) for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). This article is the first in a Special Issue of the journal to review these developments and some of the data arising from them. We explain the need and benefit of developing PAS for POPs, the different approaches that can be used, and highlight future developments and needs. FAU - Harner, Tom AU - Harner T AD - Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3H 5T4. FAU - Bartkow, Michael AU - Bartkow M FAU - Holoubek, Ivan AU - Holoubek I FAU - Klanova, Jana AU - Klanova J FAU - Wania, Frank AU - Wania F FAU - Gioia, Rosalinda AU - Gioia R FAU - Moeckel, Claudia AU - Moeckel C FAU - Sweetman, Andrew J AU - Sweetman AJ FAU - Jones, Kevin C AU - Jones KC LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20060324 PL - England TA - Environ Pollut JT - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) JID - 8804476 RN - 0 (Aerosols) RN - 0 (Air Pollutants) RN - 0 (Gases) RN - 0 (Organic Chemicals) RN - 0 (Pesticide Residues) SB - IM MH - Aerosols MH - Air Movements MH - Air Pollutants/*analysis MH - Environmental Monitoring/*instrumentation/methods MH - Gases MH - Organic Chemicals/*analysis MH - Pesticide Residues/*analysis EDAT- 2006/03/28 09:00 MHDA- 2007/11/10 09:00 CRDT- 2006/03/28 09:00 PHST- 2005/09/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/12/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/03/28 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/11/10 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/03/28 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0269-7491(06)00075-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.044 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Pollut. 2006 Nov;144(2):361-4. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.044. Epub 2006 Mar 24.