Persistent organic pollutants in Lithuania: Assessment of air and soil contamination

Lithuanian Journal of Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-366

  Milukaite, A ^a   Klanova J ^b   Holoubek, I ^b   Rimselyte I ^a   Kvietkus, K ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atmospheric air; Concentration; DDTs; HCHs; PAHs; Passive samplers; PCBs; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449149716     PISSN: 16488504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3952/lithjphys.48406     Document Type: Article

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