Recent levels of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments of the sewer system in Hanoi, Vietnam

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 913-920

  Hoai, Pham Manh ^a   Ngoc, Nguyen Thuy ^a   Minh, Nguyen Hung ^b   Viet, Pham Hung ^a   Berg, Michael ^c   Alder, Alfredo C ^c   Giger, Walter ^c  

^a VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b Vietnam Food Administration   (Viet Nam)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING LOCATION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEWER SYSTEM; TEMPORAL TRENDS; VIET NAM;

COMBINED SEWERS; LOCATION; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; RIVER WATER;

DDE; DDT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; SEWER NETWORK; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEWER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VIET NAM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE; VIETNAM;

HANOI; NHUE RIVER; VIET NAM;

EID: 74149089194     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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