Organic pollutants in stream sediments of Kupa River drainage basin

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 282-290

  Franciskovic Bilinski, Stanislav ^a   Bilinski, Halka ^a   Širac, Siniša ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Hrvatske Vode   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Kupa River drainage basin; Lindane; Mineral oils; PCBs; Phenols; Slovenia; Stream sediments; Total oils

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

BALKANS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 18044392407     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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