An assessment of the spatial distribution of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in Turkey

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-128

  Gedik, Kadir ^a   Imamoǧlu, Ipek ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Pollution; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

TURKEY;

EID: 77449096742     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900244     Document Type: Article

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