Trends in chlorinated hydrocarbon levels in Hudson river basin sediments

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 1075-1081

  Bopp, Richard F ^a   Chillrud, Steven N ^b   Shuster, Edward L ^a   Simpson, H James ^b   Estabrooks, Frank D ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c New York State Dept Environ C   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chlordane; Contaminant levels; DDT; Dioxin; Hudson sediments; PCBs; Radionuclide dating

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BERYLLIUM; BIPHENYL; CESIUM 137; CHLORDANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; DRINKING WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031661626     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106s41075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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