Chlorinated hydrocarbons in Scots pine needles in northern Britain

Chemosphere

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 795-806

  Brown, R H A ^a   Cape, J N ^b   Farmer, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; SCOTS PINE; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TETRACHLOROMETHANE; TRICHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHENE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OZONE LAYER; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

CHLORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PENTANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PINE; PLANT GROWTH; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0033081071     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00216-1     Document Type: Article

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