Persistent organic pollutants in moss as bioindicators of atmospheric pollution in Singapore

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 596-602

  Lim, T B ^a   Xu, R ^a   Tan, B ^a   Obbard, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Moss; OCPs; PCBs; Singapore

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VEGETATION;

ISLANDS; MOSS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCP); SINGAPORE;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VEGETATION;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXHAUST EMISSION; MOSS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATA ANALYSIS; MOSS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SINGAPORE;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33745280555     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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