Persistent organic pollutants in Singapore's coastal marine environment: Part II, sediments

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 315-325

  Basheer, Chanbasha ^a   Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ^a   Lee, Hian Kee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Marine sediments; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Singapore; Sources; Soxhlet extration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSENE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYROGEN; SEA WATER;

COASTAL WATER; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARCINOGENICITY; COASTAL WATERS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEDIMENT; SINGAPORE; SOIL POLLUTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0141617444     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025673517831     Document Type: Article

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