Volatile and semi-volatile organochlorine compounds in tap and riverine waters in the area of influence of a chlorinated organic solvent factory

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1876-1884

  Amaral, Osvaldo C ^a   Otero, Raquel ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Albaiges, Joan ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Chloroform; Hexachlorobenzene; Hexachlorocyclohexanes; River water; Semi volatile organochlorinated compounds; Tap water; Tetrachloroethylene; Trichloroethylene; Volatile organochlorinated compounds

Indexed keywords

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; RIVER WATER; TAP WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ORGANIC SOLVENT; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUND; VOC; WATER POLLUTION;

SPAIN, CATALONIA, FLIX;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHLORINATED ORGANIC SOLVENT FACTORY; CHLOROFORM; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; RIVER WATERS; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; TAP WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030201416     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(96)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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