Vertical and temporal distribution of persistent organic pollutants in Toronto. 1. Organochlorine pesticides

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2172-2177

  Moreau Guigon, Elodie ^b   Motelay Massei, Anne ^c   Harner, Tom ^a   Pozo, Karla ^a   Diamond, Miriam ^d   Chevreuil, Marc ^e   Blanchoud, Helene ^e  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES;

CHLORDANE ISOMERS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; SURFACE-AIR EXCHANGE;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ISOMER; MASS; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ONTARIO; PESTICIDES; SEASONS;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 34247130154     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062705s     Document Type: Article

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