Distribution of organochlorine compounds in pine needles collected on Croatian mountains

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 7 A, 2008, Pages 803-809

  Romanić, Snježana Herceg ^a   Krauthacker, Blanka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Coniferous; OCPs; PCBs; Pollution; POPs

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DDD; DDE; DDT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HCH; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS MUGO;

EID: 49449088320     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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