The variability of polychlorinated biphenyls levels in urban soils from five European cities

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 511-518

  Cachada, A ^a   Lopes, L V ^a   Hursthouse, A S ^b   Biasioli, M ^c   Grcman H ^d   Otabbong, E ^e   Davidson, C M ^f   Duarte, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congener profiles; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Source identification; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; COMBINED EFFECTS; CONGENER PROFILES; EUROPEANS; HEAVIER CONGENERS; LOCAL SOURCES; PORTUGAL; SCOTLAND; SLOVENIA; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; URBAN SOILS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

SOILS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; VOLATILIZATION;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; URBAN HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57049105698     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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