How will global climate change affect risks from long-range transport of persistent organic pollutants?

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 643-660

  Macdonald, R W ^a   Mackay, D ^b   Li, Y F ^c   Hickie, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Contaminant pathways; POPs; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346758847     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713609959     Document Type: Review

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