Distribution of organochlorine compounds in pine needles collected at urban sites in Croatia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1203-1210

  Romanic S H ^a   Krauthacker, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 101; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 138; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 153; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 28; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 52; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONIFER; CROATIA; PINE; POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 2542431349     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0371-7     Document Type: Article

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