Sources, fate, and toxic hazards of oxygenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) at PAH-contaminated sites

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 475-485

  Lundstedt, Staffan ^a   White, Paul A ^b   Lemieux, Christine L ^c   Lynes, Krista D ^b   Lambert, Iain B ^d   Öberg, Lars ^a   Haglund, Peter ^a   Tysklind, Mats ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c Safe Environments Program   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONTAMINATED LAND; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; OXYGENATION; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36148967362     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[475:SFATHO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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87. Acknowledgments: This review was compiled within the North Sweden Soil Remediation Centre (MCN), contract number 304-12989-2005. The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the European Union Regional Development Funds (ERDF), the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) in Canada, and the Canadian Regulatory Strategy for Biotechnology. The Swedish-Canadian collaboration was facilitated through the Visiting Fellowships program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC).