Coprostanol distribution in marine sediments off southwestern Taiwan

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Jeng, Woei Lih ^a   Wang, Joe ^a   Han, Bor Cheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Canyon; Coprostanol; River; Sediment; Wastes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPROSTEROL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SWINE; TAIWAN; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTAMINATION; COPROSTANOL; DISTRIBUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

TAIWAN;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030477144     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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