PAHs in soils: Contemporary UK data and evidence for potential contamination problems caused by exposure of samples to laboratory air

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-156

  Cousins, Ian T ^a   Kreibich, Heidi ^a   Hudson, Lorraine E ^a   Lead, Wendy A ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air; Air soil exchange; Contamination; PAH; Soil; UK

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID;

AIR DRYING; LABORATORY AIR; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

UK;

EID: 0030737549     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00143-5     Document Type: Article

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