Altitudinal and seasonal variations of persistent organic pollutants in the Bolivian Andes mountains

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2528-2534

  Estellano, Victor H ^a   Pozo, Karla ^b   Harner, Tom ^b   Franken, Margot ^a   Zaballa, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOAMS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

HCH CONCENTRATIONS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP);

POLYURETHANES;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOAMS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYURETHANES;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENDOSULFAN; HCH; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY;

AIR; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOLIVIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS; POLLUTANT; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALTITUDE; BOLIVIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEASONS;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41649094441     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702754m     Document Type: Article

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