Airborne mercury pollution from a large oil spill accident on the west coast of Korea

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 380-384

  Pandey, Sudhir Kumar ^a   Kim, Ki Hyun ^a   Yim, Un Hyuk ^b   Jung, Myung Chae ^a   Kang, Chang Hee ^c  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airborne pollution; Crude oil; Evasion; Gaseous elemental mercury; Spill

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE POLLUTION; CRUDE OIL; EVASION; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURY; SPILL;

ACCIDENTS; BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION;

MERCURY (METAL);

ACCIDENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CRUDE OIL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OIL SPILL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; KOREA; MERCURY; PETROLEUM; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 61349145576     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.07.126     Document Type: Article

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