Distribution of selected PCB congeners in the Babcock Street sewer district: A multimedia approach to identify PCB sources in combined sewer overflows (CSOs) discharging to the Buffalo River, New York

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-140

  Loganathan, B G ^a   Irvine, K N ^b   Kannan, K ^c   Pragatheeswaran, V ^d   Sajwan, K S ^e  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^e SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

PCB; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWER OVERFLOW; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEWER OUTFALL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; MULTIMEDIA; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

USA, NEW YORK, BUFFALO RIVER;

BUBALUS;

EID: 0030762305     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900234     Document Type: Article

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