Atmospheric PCDD/F and PCB levels implicated by pine (Cedrus deodara) needles at Dalian, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 510-515

  Chen, Jingwen ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a   Gao, Lina ^a   Henkelmann, Bernhard ^b   Schramm, Karl Werner ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentration; Dalian; PCB; PCDD F; Pine needle

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA ACQUISITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAMPLING; TOXICITY;

AVERAGE TOXIC EQUIVALENCE (TEQ); DALIAN; PINE NEEDLE; POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONIFEROUS TREE; LEAF; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; SAMPLING; TOXICITY; URBAN AREA;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION MONITORING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INCINERATION; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ASIA; CHINA; DALIAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

CEDRUS DEODARA; TETRA;

EID: 33748432393     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.01.039     Document Type: Article

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