Historical trends of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in sediments buried in a reservoir in Northern Taiwan

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1733-1740

  Chi, Kai Hsien ^a   Chang, Moo Been ^b   Kao, Shuh Ji ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Co PCB; Core; Dioxin; Flux; Municipal waste incinerator; PCDD F

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DIOXIN; MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATOR (MWI);

SOIL SURVEYS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL SURVEYS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

PCB; PCDD; PCDF; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCINERATION; MEASUREMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34249980066     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.03.043     Document Type: Article

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