Distribution, characteristics, and worldwide inventory of dioxins in kaolin ball clays

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7517-7524

  Horii, Yuichi ^a   Ohtsuka, Nobutoshi ^a   Minomo, Kotaro ^a   Nojiri, Kiyoshi ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b   Lam, Paul K S ^c   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^d  

^a CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN SAITAMA   (Japan)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BALL CLAY; DIBENZOFURANS; DIOXIN-LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; GLOBAL INVENTORIES; GLOBAL SCALE; KAOLIN CLAY; OCTACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; SPECIFIC DISTRIBUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; KAOLIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CLAY;

DIOXIN; KAOLIN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; KAOLIN; PCDD; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CHINA; CHLORINATION; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; KAOLIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BRAZIL; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052189119     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2012512     Document Type: Article

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