Persistent organic pollutants in environment of the Pearl River Delta, China: An overview

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1411-1422

  Fu, Jiamo ^a   Mai, Bixian ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Zhang, Gan ^a   Wang, Xinming ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Xiao, Xianming ^a   Ran, Rong ^a   Cheng, Fanzhong ^a   Peng, Xianzhi ^a   Wang, Zhishi ^b   Tang, U Wa ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Air; Marine organism; Pearl River Delta; Persistent organic pollutants; Sediments; Soils; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER;

MARINE ORGANISMS; MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PERSISTANT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP);

IMPURITIES;

BUTYLTIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

DELTA; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; REVIEW; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SHELLFISH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; HONG KONG; MACAO; POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; AIR; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; WORLD; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BIVALVIA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HONG KONG; INSECTICIDES; MACAO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0642313874     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00477-6     Document Type: Article

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