Contamination by butyltin compounds in sediments from Thailand

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 894-899

  Kan Atireklap, Supawat ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a   Sanguansin, Joompol ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b E Mar Fisheries Development Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Butyltin compounds; Developing countries; Sediment; South east Asia; TBT; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; BUTYLTIN; DIBUTYLTIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; THAILAND; TROPICS;

EID: 0031468905     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00053-2     Document Type: Article

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