Chemical characterization of polychlorinated biphenyls, -dibenzo-p-dioxins, and -dibenzofurans in technical Kanechlor PCB formulations in Japan

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-395

  Takasuga, Takumi ^a   Kumar, Kurunthachalam Senthil ^a   Noma, Yukio ^b   Sakai, Shinichi ^b  

^a Shimadzu Techno Research   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

PCB; PCDD; PCDF;

ARTICLE; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; DILUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 25644443171     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0209-7     Document Type: Article

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