Addressing the environmental risk of persistent organic pollutants in China

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-16

  Wang, Bin ^a   Huang, Jun ^a   Deng, Shubo ^a   Yang, Xiaoling ^a   Yu, Gang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

emerging POPs; environmental monitoring; environmental risk assessment; fugacity model; inventory; persistent organic pollutant (POPs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856213036     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-011-0370-y     Document Type: Review

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