Accumulation of persistent organochlorine compounds in mountains of western Canada

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6702, 1998, Pages 585-588

  Blais, Jules M ^a,d   Schindler, David W ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b,c   Kimpe, Lynda E ^a   Donald, David B ^c   Rosenberg, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; SNOW;

MOUNTAIN REGION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SNOW;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CANADA; ECOTOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO;

CANADA;

EID: 0032497549     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/26944     Document Type: Article

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