Occurrence of phthalate esters in water and sediment of urban lakes in a subtropical city, Guangzhou, South China

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-380

  Zeng, Feng ^a,b   Cui, Kunyan ^a   Xie, Zhiyong ^c   Liu, Min ^a   Li, Yangjie ^a   Lin, Yujun ^a   Zeng, Zunxiang ^a   Li, Fangbai ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Guangzhou City; Phthalates; Sediment; Urban lake; Water

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; RUNOFF; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CONGENER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE; URBAN LAKES;

ESTERS;

ORGANIC CARBON; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; RUNOFF;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ESTER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; PHTHALATE; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; STORMWATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; LAKE SEDIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 41049109209     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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