Persistent organic pollutants in atmospheric deposition and biomonitoring with Tillandsia Usneoides (L.) in an industrialized area in Rio de Janeiro state, south east Brazil - Part I: PCDD and PCDF

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1728-1735

  de Souza Pereira, Márcia ^a   Waller, Ulrich ^b   Reifenhäuser, Werner ^b   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

Ambient air; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins and dibenzofurans; Steel production; Tillandsia usneoides (L.)

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; ISOMERS; POLYURETHANES;

AMBIENT AIR; DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; STEEL PRODUCTION;

BIOASSAY;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYURETHAN; STEEL;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOASSAY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; ISOMERS; POLYURETHANES;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ANGIOSPERM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SUMMER; TILLANDSIA; WINTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

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

TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES;

EID: 33847688050     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.145     Document Type: Article

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