Dioxins and organohalogen contaminants in the Asia-Pacific region

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-478

  Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a   Minh, Tu Binh ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Dioxins; Human exposure; Open dumping sites; Organohalogen contaminants; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; SEA WATER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; ORGANOHALOGEN; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ASIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; BREAST MILK; CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FORECASTING; STATISTICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77950946234     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-009-0445-8     Document Type: Review

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