Persistent organic pollutants in atmospheric deposition and biomonitoring with Tillandsia usneoides (L.) in an industrialized area in Rio de Janeiro state, southeast Brazil - Part II: PCB and PAH

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1736-1745

  de Souza Pereira, Márcia ^a   Heitmann, Dieter ^b   Reifenhäuser, Werner ^b   Meire, Rodrigo Ornellas ^a   Santos, Luciana Silva ^a   Torres, João Paulo M ^a   Malm, Olaf ^a   Körner, Wolfgang ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dioxin like PCB; Indicator PCB; PAH, ambient air; Steel production; Tillandsia usneoides (L.)

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; STEEL PRODUCTION; TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES (L.);

BIOASSAY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOASSAY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ANGIOSPERM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BRAZIL; BURN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SUMMER; TILLANDSIA; VOLATILIZATION; WINTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAZIL; ITATIAIA NATIONAL PARK; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; VOLTA REDONDA;

TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES;

EID: 33847661880     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.141     Document Type: Article

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