Transport mechanisms and fate of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Seine river (France)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 218, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 103-112

  Teil, M J ^a   Blanchard, M ^a   Chesterikoff, A ^a   Chevreuil, M ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Polychlorobiphenyl; Seine river; Transport

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

FLOW PATTERN; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; FRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

FRANCE, PARIS, SEINE RIVER;

EID: 0032581322     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00176-4     Document Type: Article

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