Comparison of Ambient Air Levels of PCBs and Organochlorine Pesticides at Two Sites in Zagreb, Croatia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1034-1041

  Herceg Romanic S ^a   Krauthacker, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CROATIA; MEASUREMENT; PESTICIDE SPRAYING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRY; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS;

EID: 0142178026     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-9019-2     Document Type: Article

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