Distribution of persistent organohalogen compounds in pine needles from selected locations in Kentucky and Georgia, USA

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 422-439

  Loganathan, Bommanna G ^a   Kumar, Kurunthachalam Senthil ^b   Seaford, Kosta D ^a   Sajwan, Kenneth S ^b   Hanari, Nobuyasu ^c   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^c  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE;

BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CUTICLE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE; TOXICITY; WAX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEORGIA; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KENTUCKY; PESTICIDES; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES;

GEORGIA; KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549119116     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9042-0     Document Type: Article

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