Polychlorinated biphenyls in surface sediments from the Pearl River Delta and Macau

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 794-797

  Kang, Yuehui ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a   Mai, Bixian ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a   Lin, Zheng ^a   Min, Yushun ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; RIVER WATER;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; MACAO; SEDIMENT; SHORT SURVEY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0033847727     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00089-8     Document Type: Article

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