Polychlorinated biphenyls in marine sediments from the southern North Sea and Scheldt estuary: A ten-year study of concentrations, patterns and trends

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 701-709

  Roose, Patrick ^a   Raemaekers, Marc ^b   Cooreman, Kris ^b   Brinkman, Udo A Th ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ESTUARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA; SEDIMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORTH SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 22844447632     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b419240k     Document Type: Article

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