Air monitoring in the Arctic: Results for selected persistent organic pollutants for 1992

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-261

  Fellin, Phil ^a   Barrie, Len A ^b   Dougherty, Donna ^a   Toom, Desiree ^b   Muir, Derek ^c   Grift, Norbert ^c   Lockhart, Lylie ^c   Billeck, Brian ^c  

^a BOVAR Environmental   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic monitoring; Organochlorine compounds; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030063148     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0253:AMITAR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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