Spatial distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls in coastal marine sediments receiving industrial effluents in Kuwait

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-174

  Gevao, Bondi ^a   Beg, Mirza U ^a   Al Omair, Ali ^a   Helaleh, Murad ^a   Zafar, Jamal ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COASTAL WATERS; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KUWAIT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KUWAIT; PETROLEUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POWER PLANTS; SEAWATER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 31544455517     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-7070-1     Document Type: Article

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