Patterns and sources of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in surface sediments from the East River, China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 473-478

  Ren, Man ^a,b   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Chen, Deyi ^a   Chen, Pei ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Research Center of the Pearl River Delta Environmental Pollution and Control   (China)

Author keywords

Dioxin like PCB; East River; PCDD F; Sediment; Source

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DIOXIN-LIKE PCB; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; DIOXIN-LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; DL-PCBS; DONGGUAN; EAST RIVER; ELEVATED LEVEL; GUANGZHOU; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PAPER MILL; PCDD/F; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; SOURCE; SOURCE ANALYSIS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

COPPER SMELTING; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RIVERS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; RIVER WATER;

DIOXIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PCB; PCDD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCINERATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLURGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; STEEL; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ASIA; CHINA; DONG RIVER; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG;

EID: 67651093935     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.04.072     Document Type: Article

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