Occurrence of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Lake Maggiore (Italy and Switzerland)

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 589-598

  Vives, Ingrid ^a   Canuti, Elisabetta ^a   Castro Jiménez, Javier ^a   Christoph, Eugen H ^a   Eisenreich, Steven J ^a   Hanke, Georg ^a   Huber, Tania ^a   Mariani, Giulio ^a   Mueller, Anne ^a   Skejo, Helle ^a   Umlauf, Gunther ^a   Wollgast, Jan ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; GAS ANALYSIS; ITALY; LAKE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SWITZERLAND; WATER POLLUTION;

BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SWITZERLAND; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34250012351     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b700919d     Document Type: Article

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