Organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Singapore's coastal marine sediments

Chemosphere

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 925-933

  Wurl, Oliver ^a   Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Marine sediments; Organochlorine compounds; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Singapore

Indexed keywords

HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE);

COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHERS; ISOMERS; MARINE ENGINEERING; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; EPOXIDE; HEPTACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SHIPPING; SINGAPORE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11844269886     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.09.054     Document Type: Article

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