Residue analysis of organic pollutants in sediments from the Amman/Zarqa area in Jordan. Part II: Organchlorine compounds

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 979-983

  Batarseh, Mufeed I ^a,b   Kreuzig, Robert ^b   Al Nasir, Farah ^a   Bahadir, Müfit ^b  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorinated benzenes; Jordan; Organochlorine compounds; PCB; Sediment; Zarqa River

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

JORDAN;

EID: 0142028950     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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