PCDD/F and PCB in spruce forests of the Alps

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3280-3289

  Offenthaler, I ^a   Bassan, R ^b   Belis, C ^c   Jakobi, G ^d   Kirchner, M ^d   Krauchi N ^e   Moche, W ^a   Schramm, K W ^d   Sedivy, I ^e   Simoncic P ^f   Uhl, M ^a   Weiss, P ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection of Veneto   (Italy)

^c Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Lombardia   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^f SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Alps; Dioxin; Forest; PCB; Picea abies; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION HISTORY; ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EUROPEAN ALPS; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; MATRIX; MINERAL SOILS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCB CONGENERS; PICEA ABIES; POLLUTANT LEVELS; SPRUCE FOREST; SPRUCE STANDS;

FORESTRY; NEEDLES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

SOILS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; RAIN;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALTITUDE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HUMUS; MONTANE FOREST; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIFER NEEDLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL; SPRUCE; SWITZERLAND;

ALTITUDE; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TREES;

DIOXINS; FORESTRY; IMPURITIES; NEEDLES; PICEA ABIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL;

ALPS;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 71049123424     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.052     Document Type: Article

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