Pine needles as biomonitoring indicator of organochlorine compounds pollution in Croatia

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages 39-40

  Herceg Romanic S ^a   Krauthacker, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Microtox(TM); Pulp and paper industry; Spirotox; Thamnotoxkit F; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WAX;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; PINE;

CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TREES;

EID: 0005720067     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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