Concentrations and profiles of PCDD/Fs in sediments of major Polish rivers and the Gdansk Basin - Baltic Sea

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 525-532

  Niemirycz, Elzbieta ^a   Jankowska, Daria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Congeners; Dibenzofurans; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Sediments; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER POLLUTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BALTIC SEA; CONGENERS; DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

SEDIMENTS;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DIBENZOFURAN; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH RISK; MEAT; MILK; PCDD; PCDF; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE LAYER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FINLAND; GEOLOGY; POLAND; RIVER; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SWEDEN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; DENMARK; FINLAND; SWEDEN;

PISCES; TETRA;

EID: 80555122971     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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