A model for the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Willamette River basin (Oregon)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5998-6006

  Hope, Bruce K ^a  

^a Air Quality Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

WILLAMETTE RIVER;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MASS BALANCE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY APPROACH; RIVER BASIN; TOXICITY TEST;

AIR; ARTICLE; FISH; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; MODEL; RIVER BASIN; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; OREGON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WILLAMETTE BASIN;

EID: 49749083081     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8000213     Document Type: Article

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