Sterols in sediment samples from Venice Lagoon, Italy

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2383-2393

  Fattore, Elena ^a   Benfenati, Emilio ^a   Marelli, Roberto ^a   Cools, Etienne ^a   Fanelli, Roberto ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPROSTEROL; SEA WATER; SITOSTEROL; STEROL;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; LAGOON; PLANT; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; LAGOON; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEWAGE; STEROL; STEROLS;

ITALY, VENETO, VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 0030302160     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(96)00340-2     Document Type: Article

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