Occurrence and possible sources of polychlorinated biphenyls in surface sediments from the Wuhan reach of the Yangtze River, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1522-1530

  Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Shen, Zhenyao ^a   Gao, Fan ^a   Tang, Zhenwu ^a   Niu, Junfeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composition; Identification of sources; PCBs; Sediment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COMPOSITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC SEWAGES; DRY WEIGHTS; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HEAVY RAINS; IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; MEAN VALUES; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; PCBS; POTENTIAL RISKS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; URBAN AREAS; YANGTZE RIVER , CHINAS; YANGTZE RIVERS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS; HEAVY METALS; METAL REFINING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAIN; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WUHAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

TETRA;

EID: 60649092703     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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