Contamination of soil, leaves and vegetables by polychlorinated biphenyls in Xiamen region, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 460-464

  Maskaoui, Khalid ^a   Zhou, Jun Liang ^b   Han, Ya Li ^a   Hu, Zhong ^a,c   Zheng, Tian Ling ^c,d   Hong, Hua Sheng ^d  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Key Lab of Maarine Environmental Science of SED   (China)

Author keywords

Contamination; Jiulong River; PCBs; Soil; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CONTAMINATION; ESTUARIES; RIVERS; SOILS;

JIULONG RIVER; VEGETABLE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEALTH IMPACT; PCB; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; SWEET ORANGE; VEGETABLE;

CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CITRUS SINENSIS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; JIULONG RIVER; WORLD;

CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 23944523623     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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