Monitoring of persistent organic pollutants in Africa. Part 2: Design of a network to monitor the continental and intercontinental background

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1964-1972

  Lammel, G ^a,b   Dobrovolny P ^a   Dvorska A ^a   Chroma K ^a   Brazdil R ^a   Holoubek, I ^a,c   Hoek, J ^d  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Central and Eastern European Centre for Persistent Organic Pollutants   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMEROON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA;

AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PILOT PROJECTS; TRANSPORTATION; WIND;

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EID: 70449483201     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b913418b     Document Type: Article

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