Pollution assessment, distribution and sources of PAHs in agricultural soils of Pearl River Delta - The biggest manufacturing Base in China

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1979-1987

  Li, Yongtao ^b   Li, Fangbai ^a   Zhang, Tianbin ^a   Yang, Guoyi ^a   Chen, Junjian ^a   Wan, Hongfu ^a  

^a GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Distribution; PAHs; Pearl River Delta; Source

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CARCINOGENS; COAL COMBUSTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS;

PEARL RIVER DELTA; PETROGENIC SOURCES; PETROLEUM COMBUSTION; PETROLEUM SOURCES; PYROGENIC SOURCES;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; COAL; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; GRASS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RIVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WOOD;

CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 35948932559     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520701628890     Document Type: Article

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