A closed analytical formula for the characteristic spatial range of persistent organic pollutants

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 126, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 191-200

  Müller Herold, Ulrich ^a   Nickel, Gregor ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Environmental chemical; Exposure; Long range transport; Persistent organic pollutant; Spatial range

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342803570     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00265-9     Document Type: Article

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