Defining the sources of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls: Evidence for the influence of microbially dechlorinated congeners from river sediment?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 86-94

  Chiarenzelli, Jeff ^a   Bush, Brian ^b   Casey, Ann ^b   Barnard, Ed ^c   Smith, Bob ^c   O'Keefe, Patrick ^c   Gilligan, Eileen ^d   Johnson, Glenn ^e  

^a Environmental Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Syracuse University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; LANDFILL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; VOLATILIZATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0034065066     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-240     Document Type: Article

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