Analysis of chemical contamination within a canal in a Mexican border colonia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 506-515

  Owens, Janel E ^a,b   Niemeyer, Emily D ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Environmental monitoring; Metals; US Mexico border; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; HEAVY METALS; NEGATIVE IONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; US-MEXICO BORDER;

WATER POLLUTION;

ANION; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM; CATION; COPPER; ETHYLBENZENE; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; STYRENE; SURFACE WATER; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT; XYLENE; ZINC;

CANAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; MEXICO; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; URBAN HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33344477724     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.07.019     Document Type: Article

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