Effects of river flooding on PCDD/F and PCB levels in cows' milk, soil, and grass

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 9033-9038

  Lake, Iain R ^a   Foxall, Christopher D ^a   Lovett, Andrew A ^a   Fernandes, Alwyn ^b   Dowding, Alan ^c   White, Shaun ^b   Rose, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; SAMPLING; SOILS;

COWS' MILK; RIVER SYSTEMS;

FLOODS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOACCUMULATION; FLOODING; PCDD; PCDF;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FLOODING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRASS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CATTLE; FRESH WATER; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTERS; POACEAE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28444492960     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051433a     Document Type: Article

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