Dioxin-like chemicals in soil and sediment from residential and industrial areas in central South Africa

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 774-783

  Nieuwoudt, Claudine ^a   Quinn, Laura P ^a   Pieters, Rialet ^a   Jordaan, Ilse ^a   Visser, Maret ^a   Kylin, Henrik ^b,c   Borgen, Anders R ^b   Giesy, John P ^d,e,f,g   Bouwman, Henk ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gauteng; H4IIE; PCBs; PCDD Fs; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSING; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

GAUTENG; H4IIE; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH-RESOLUTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIES; PCDD/FS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TCDD; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 67749121994     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.04.064     Document Type: Article

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