Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in Houston Ship Channel tissue and sediment

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 891-906

  Suarez, Monica P ^a   Rifai, Hanadi S ^a   Palachek, Randy M ^b   Dean, Kirk E ^b   Koenig, Larry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Parsons Water and Infrastructure   (United States)

^c Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Fingerprint analysis; Sediment; Spatial trends; Tissue

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS (PCDD); SPATIAL TRENDS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

DIOXINS; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PAPER MILLS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 27544465452     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2005.22.891     Document Type: Article

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