Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediments from Jukskei River, Gauteng, South Africa

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-466

  Olukunle, Olubiyi ^a   Okonkwo, Jonathan ^a   Kefeni, Kebede ^a   Lupankwa, Mlindelwa ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Concentrations; Jukskei; PBDEs; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION LEVELS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DRY WEIGHT; JUKSKEI; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SAMPLING SITE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RIVERS; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84858079028     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0481-y     Document Type: Article

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