Temporal trends of organochlorines in Northern Europe, 1967-1995. Relation to global fractionation, leakage from sediments and international measures

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-198

  Bignert, Anders ^a   Olsson, Mats ^a   Persson, Wawa ^a   Jensen, Sören ^a   Zakrisson, Susanne ^b   Litzén, Kerstin ^b   Eriksson, Ulla ^b   Häggberg, Lisbeth ^b   Alsberg, Tomas ^b  

^a Swed Mus of Nat Hist Box 50007 ^*  (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic; Baltic; DDT; Global fractionation; HCB; HCHs; Organochlorines; PCB; Time trend

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ORGANOCHLORINE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; LEACHING; OXYGENATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTION;

ARCTIC; SWEDEN;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0031840733     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00191-7     Document Type: Article

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