Characterization of chemical contamination in shallow-water estuarine habitats of an industrialized river. Part 1: Organic compounds

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-33

  Iannuzzi, Timothy J ^a   Armstrong, Tina N ^a   Thelen, John B ^a   Ludwig, David F ^a   Firstenberg, Clifford E ^b  

^a BBL Sciences   (United States)

^b Firstenberg Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; PAHs; Passaic River; PCBs; Pesticides; Sediment contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; RIVER POLLUTION; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ESTUARINE HABITATS; WILDLIFE;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 11144234311     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380590891790     Document Type: Article

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