Spatial and seasonal variation of polychlorinated biphenyls in Songhua River, China

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-299

  You, Hong ^a   Ding, Jing ^a,b   Zhao, Xue Song ^a   Li, Yi Fan ^a,c   Liu, Li Yan ^a   Ma, Wan Li ^a   Qi, Hong ^a   Shen, Ji Min ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center of Urban Water Resources   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; PCBs; Sediment; Songhua; Water

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SEASON; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; SONGHUA RIVER;

EID: 79955937109     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9341-7     Document Type: Article

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