Hierarchical cluster analysis of polychlorinated dioxins and furans in Michigan, USA, soils: Evaluation of industrial and background congener profiles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-72

  Towey, Timothy P ^a,b   Chang, Shu Chi ^a,c   Demond, Avery ^a   Wright, Daniel ^a   Barabás, Noémi ^b   Franzblau, Alfred ^d   Garabrant, David H ^d   Gillespie, Brenda W ^d   Lepkowski, James ^e   Luksemburg, William ^f   Adriaens, Peter ^a  

^a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^b LimnoTech   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f Vista Analytical Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Multivariate statistics; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Tittabawassee River

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION DETECTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; CONGENER PATTERN; CONGENER PROFILES; DIBENZO P DIOXINS; DOW CHEMICALS; FLOOD PLAINS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; JACKSON; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED DIOXINS; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; RELATIVE FRACTION; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SMALL CLUSTERS; SOIL SAMPLE; STUDY AREAS; TITTABAWASSEE RIVER; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

RIVER POLLUTION;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOODPLAIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PCDD; PCDF; SOIL POLLUTION; TCDD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALHOUN COUNTY [MICHIGAN]; JACKSON COUNTY [MICHIGAN]; MICHIGAN; MIDLAND; SAGINAW COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

BENZOFURANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77952272335     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.24     Document Type: Article

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