Polychlorinated biphenyls in tree bark near a former manufacturing plant in Anniston, Alabama

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-198

  Hermanson, Mark H ^a   Johnson, Glenn W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Congeners; Lipid; Montar; Octanol air; Partition coefficient; PCB

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; LAND FILL; LIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONGENERS; MOLECULAR MASS COMPOUNDS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; LAND FILL; LIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LANDFILL; LIPID; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PCB; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TREE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BARK; DISTILLATION; GAS; LANDFILL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; TREE TRUNK; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANNISTON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947603703     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.11.068     Document Type: Article

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