PMID- 18767664
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090122
LR  - 20190715
IS  - 0013-936X (Print)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 16
DP  - 2008 Aug 15
TI  - Modeling persistent organic pollutant (POP) partitioning between tree bark and 
      air and its application to spatial monitoring of atmospheric POPs in mainland 
      China.
PG  - 6046-51
AB  - A mathematical model describing the bark/air partitioning of persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) was established taking into consideration the accumulation 
      processes of POPs from air into bark and compound-, species-, and site-specific 
      air-to-bark accumulation factors. It allows the assessment of the concentrations 
      of atmospheric POPs based on those recorded in tree bark. The spatial 
      distribution of atmospheric POPs including 18 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 
      (Sigma18PAHs), 5 organic chlorinated pesticides (Sigma5OCPs), 10 polychlorinated 
      biphenyls (Sigma10PCBs), and 17 brominated flame retardants (Sigma17BFRs) were 
      investigated by analyzing 163 bark samples from 68 sites across mainland China. 
      The atmospheric POPs were estimated to be 4.1-399 ng/m3 air, and 11.3-553, 
      4.5-130, and 0.9-624 pg/m3 air with geometric means of 71 ng/m3 air, and 99,26, 
      and 25 pg/m3 airfor Sigma18PAHs, Sigma5OCPs, Sigma10PCBs, and Sigma17BFRs, 
      respectively, based on those recorded in the tree barks of 5.1-1770, 0.05-12.9, 
      0.21-21.6, and 0.02-48.3 ng/g bark on dry weight basis, with geometric means of 
      295, 1.47, 3.12, and 2.79 ng/g bark. These results generally indicated that 
      contamination by atmospheric POPs is more serious in eastern and mid China than 
      that in western China.
FAU - Zhao, Yuli
AU  - Zhao Y
AD  - Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Modern Analytical Sciences, 
      College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, 
      China.
FAU - Yang, Limin
AU  - Yang L
FAU - Wang, Qiuquan
AU  - Wang Q
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
SB  - IM
EIN - Environ Sci Technol. 2009 Nov 1;43(21):8469-70
MH  - Air/*analysis
MH  - Air Pollutants/*chemistry/*metabolism
MH  - China
MH  - *Models, Chemical
MH  - Plant Bark/*metabolism
MH  - Trees/*metabolism
EDAT- 2008/09/05 09:00
MHDA- 2009/01/23 09:00
CRDT- 2008/09/05 09:00
PHST- 2008/09/05 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/01/23 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/09/05 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/es800188q [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2008 Aug 15;42(16):6046-51. doi: 10.1021/es800188q.