Organochlorine pesticides distribution and ecological risk assessment in a abandoned industrial site

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5454-5460

  Yang, Wen Rui ^a   Wang, Ru Song ^a   Li, Feng ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

CalTOX; Contaminated site; DDTs; HCHs; Monte Carlo; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; DDT; DEGRADATION; HCH; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 57349105198     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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