Distribution pattern of PCBs, HCB and PeCB using passive air and soil sampling in Estonia

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 740-749

  Roots, Ott ^a,b   Roose, Antti ^c   Kull, Ain ^c   Holoubek, Ivan ^d   Cupr, Pavel ^d   Klanova, Jana ^d  

^a Eesti Keskkonnauuringute Keskus   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air; DDT; Estonia; Ground boundary wind fields; HCB; HCH; Passive sampler; PCB; Pentachlorobenzene; Pollution; Revolatilization; Soil

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; DDT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HCH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PCB; SOIL POLLUTION; WIND FIELD;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTONIA; GEOGRAPHY; KINETICS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHLOROBENZENES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTONIA; GEOGRAPHY; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ESTONIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; TALLINN;

EID: 77949295627     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0147-z     Document Type: Article

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