PCB contamination from sampling equipment and packaging

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 146-150

  Andersson, Malin ^a   Ottesen, Rolf Tore ^a   Jartun, Morten ^b   Eggen, Ola ^a   Enqvist, Ann Christine ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Edvard Munchs veg ^*  (Norway)

^c ALcontrol Laboratories   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; AS-SOILS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; LIGHT WEIGHT; PAPER AND PLASTIC PACKAGING; PCB CONGENERS; PCB CONTAMINATION; PLASTIC BAGS; PLASTIC MATERIALS; PLASTIC PACKAGING; SOIL AND WATER; SOIL SAMPLE; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; SOLID MATERIAL; WATER SAMPLES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PAPER CONTAINERS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOILS;

PACKAGING;

PCB; PLASTIC; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84855446289     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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