PCBs in air, soil and milk in industrialized and urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 654-663

  Batterman, S ^a   Chernyak, S ^a   Gouden, Y ^b   Hayes, J ^a   Robins, T ^a   Chetty, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Health Department   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Airborne contaminants; Milk; Organochlorine; PCBs; Soil; Trajectory analysis; Transport; Vapor

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCBS; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERICS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SOILS; VAPORS;

PRINTED CIRCUITS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MILK; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MILK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TETRA;

EID: 57149107351     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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