Seasonal and spatial variability of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in vegetation and cow milk from a high altitude pasture in the Italian Alps

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2656-2664

  Tato, Liliana ^a   Tremolada, Paolo ^a   Ballabio, Cristiano ^b   Guazzoni, Niccolò ^a   Parolini, Marco ^a   Caccianiga, Marco ^a   Binelli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cow milk; Mountain contamination; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Seasonal trend; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; AIR LAYERS; COW MILK; DAIRY COW; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; EMISSION FLUXES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HIGH ALTITUDE; MILK CONCENTRATION; MOUNTAIN CONTAMINATION; PCB CONTAMINATION; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL TRENDS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

HEPTAPOLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; HEXAPOLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; OCTAPOLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PENTAPOLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MILK; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; PCB; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION;

ABSORPTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ITALY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREND STUDY; VEGETATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ITALY; MILK; PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

ALPS; ITALY;

ACACIA KOA;

EID: 80052304863     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.05.035     Document Type: Article

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