Persistent organochlorine residues in estuarine and marine sediments from Ha Long Bay, Hai Phong Bay, and Ba Lat Estuary, Vietnam

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1193-1202

  Hong, S H ^a   Yim, U H ^a   Shim, W J ^a   Oh, J R ^a   Viet, P H ^b   Park, P S ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Contamination; Marine sediment; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXTURES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; HA LONG BAY; MARINE SEDIMENTS; ORGANOCHLORINE (OC); ORGANOCHLORINE (OC) COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE RESIDUES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; VIET NAM;

MARINE POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; VIET NAM; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BA LAT ESTUARY; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HA LONG BAY; HAI PHONG BAY; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 45649083484     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.02.051     Document Type: Article

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