Hexachlorobenzene in the global environment: Emissions, levels, distribution, trends and processes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 349, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 1-44

  Barber, Jonathan L ^a   Sweetman, Andrew J ^a   Van Wijk, Dolf ^b   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Euro Chlor   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air; Emissions; Fate; Global budget; Hexachlorobenzene; Sediments; Soils; Sources; Trends

Indexed keywords

AIR; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

EMISSIONS; FATE; GLOBAL BUDGET; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; SOURCES; TRENDS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; RAIN; SNOW; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AIR; ATMOSPHERE; BIRD; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVIEW; SEA; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH; SOIL; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PLANTS; SEAFOOD; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 26444465561     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.03.014     Document Type: Review

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