Spatial character of polychlorinated biphenyls from soil and respirable particulate matter in Taiyuan, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1477-1484

  Fu, Shan ^a   Cheng, Hang Xin ^b   Liu, Ying Han ^b   Yang, Zhong Zhi ^a   Xu, Xiao Bai ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Respirable particulate matter; Soil

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; CHINA; COMPONENT ANALYSIS; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIAS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PCB CONCENTRATIONS; PCB CONGENERS; POTENTIAL THREATS; RESPIRABLE PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL SAMPLES; TOXIC EQUIVALENCIES; URBAN AREAS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SOILS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; PCB; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI; TAIYUAN;

EID: 60649106954     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.051     Document Type: Article

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