Assessing long-range transport potential of persistent organic pollutants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 699-703

  Beyer, Andreas ^a   Mackay, Donald ^b   Matthies, Michael ^a   Wania, Frank ^c   Webster, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AIR POLLUTION; DEGRADATION; GRAPH THEORY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PESTICIDES; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BENZENE; BIPHENYL; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; MASS ACTION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0034651851     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es990207w     Document Type: Article

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