Regional dynamics of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Pearl River Delta, China: Implications and perspectives

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2301-2309

  Zhang, Kai ^a,c   Zhang, Bao Zhong ^a   Li, Shao Meng ^b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biological effect; Inter compartmental flux; Pearl River Delta; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Regional dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; INTER-COMPARTMENTAL FLUX; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REGIONAL DYNAMICS;

ETHANE; ETHERS; GEMS; RIVERS; SOILS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RUNOFF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DDT; GUIDELINE; MASS TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AIR SOIL EXCHANGE; AIR WATER EXCHANGE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HONG KONG; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 80052306422     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.05.011     Document Type: Review

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