Source apportionment of polychlorinated biphenyls in the New York/New Jersey Harbor

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 792-798

  Rodenburg, Lisa A ^a   Du, Songyan ^a   Xiao, Baohua ^a   Fennell, Donna E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination Assessment and Reduction Project; Hudson River; Sediment; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

COMBINED SEWERS; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; FACTORIZATION; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; STORM SEWERS; STORMS;

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT; HUDSON RIVER; HUDSON RIVER ESTUARIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; STORMWATERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COASTAL ZONE; DATABASE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HARBOR; METROPOLITAN AREA; PCB; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; RIVER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK HARBOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953326909     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.058     Document Type: Article

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