Building materials as a source of PCB pollution in Bergen, Norway

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 325, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 139-144

  Andersson, M ^a   Ottesen, R T ^a   Volden, T ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Buildings; Construction materials; Plaster; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Soil

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; PLASTER; POLLUTION; SOILS;

ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT; SOIL SAMPLES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; NORWAY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

BERGEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HORDALAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 2442417365     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.11.014     Document Type: Article

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