Risk posed by chlorinated organic compounds in Abu Qir Bay, East Alexandria, Egypt

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 794-811

  Khairy, Mohammed Abd EL Hamid ^a,b   Kolb, Marit ^a   Mostafa, Alaa R ^b   EL Fiky, Anwar ^b   Bahadir, Müfit ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Abu Qir Bay; Chlorpyrifos; Mussels; Organochlorines; PCBs; Risk assessment; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIELDRIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BAY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIVALVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGYPT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHLORDAN; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DDT; DIELDRIN; EGYPT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

ABU QUIR BAY; ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 84857474192     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0605-2     Document Type: Article

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