Eroded plastic pellets as monitoring tools for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH):Laboratory and field studies

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-334

  Karapanagioti, H K ^a   Ogata, Y ^b   Takada, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Organic pollutant diffusion; PAH; Pollution monitoring; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Saronikos gulf

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751562688     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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