Occurrence and distribution of triclosan in the German Bight (North Sea)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1190-1195

  Xie, Zhiyong ^a,b   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a   Flöser, Götz ^a   Caba, Armando ^a   Ruck, Wolfgang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

North Sea; Occurrence; Seawater; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; SEAWATER; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTION;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; NORTH SEA; NORTH SEAS; OCCURRENCE; RIVER DISCHARGES; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TRICLOSAN;

DISSOLUTION;

TRICLOSAN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; NORTH SEA; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; TRICLOSAN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMAN BIGHT; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA; WESER ESTUARY;

EID: 55649083536     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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