Identifying the potential sources of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate contamination in the sediment of the Houjing River in southern Taiwan

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 270-275

  Lin, Chitsan ^a   Lee, Cheng Jin ^a   Mao, Wen Ming ^a   Nadim, Farhad ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination sources characterization; Endocrine disruptor; Environmental forensics; River pollution prevention; Sediment contamination

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRIDGES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CURING; DROUGHT; ESTERS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PARKS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTAMINATION SOURCES CHARACTERIZATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS; RIVER POLLUTION PREVENTION; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DI (2 ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORE ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORENSIC SCIENCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHTHALATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; GERMANY; ITALY; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TAIWAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; SEASONS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOUJING RIVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 56349123379     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.03.082     Document Type: Article

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