Persistent organic pollutants in two Finnish watercourses: Levels, congener profiles and source estimation by mussel incubation

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 625-633

  Koistinen, Jaana ^a   Herve, Sirpa ^b   Ruokojärvi, Päivi ^a   Koponen, Jani ^a   Vartiainen, Terttu ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Brominated diphenyl ethers; Chloronaphthalenes; Chlorophenol impurities; Organohalogen compounds; Perfluoroalkylated substances

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; ETHERS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; MOLLUSCS; NAPHTHALENE; PHENOLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; CHLORONAPHTHALENES; CHLOROPHENOLS; ORGANOHALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROALKYLATED SUBSTANCES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLOROPHENOL; DIBENZOFURAN; DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; WOOD PROTECTING AGENT; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIVALVE; CHLOROPHENOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; INCUBATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PULP MILL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICALS; EFFLUENTS; ETHERS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; NAPHTHALENES; PAPER MILLS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; PULP MILLS; RIVERS; WASTE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; KYMIJOKI RIVER; VUOKSI BASIN;

ANODONTA PISCINALIS;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BIVALVIA; CHLOROPHENOLS; FINLAND; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77953810137     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.04.058     Document Type: Article

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