Occurrence, source diagnosis, and biological effect assessment of DDT and its metabolites in various environmental compartments of the Pearl River Delta, South China: A review

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1753-1763

  Guo, Ying ^a,b   Yu, Huan Yun ^a,b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biological effect; DDTs; Occurrence; Pearl River Delta; Source assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECT; DDTS; OCCURRENCE; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SOURCE ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; GEMS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDD; DDE; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; METABOLITE; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; DICOFOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 64549124734     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.12.026     Document Type: Review

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