Atmospheric concentrations of PCDD/Fs, dl-PCBs and some pesticides in northern Algeria using passive air sampling

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-277

  Moussaoui, Yacine ^a   Tuduri, Ludovic ^b   Kerchich, Yacine ^c   Meklati, B Y ^a   Eppe, Gauthier ^d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE EN ANALYSES PHYSICO CHIMIQUES CRAPC   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE POLYTECHNIQUE   (Algeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Algeria; Dl PCBs; Passive sampling; PCDDs; PCDFs; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDES; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RURAL AREAS; URBAN GROWTH;

ALGERIA; DL-PCBS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PCDDS; PCDFS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CYHALOTHRIN; DIBENZOFURAN; FENITROTHION; LINDANE; MALATHION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PESTICIDE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLER;

AIR SAMPLING; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ALGERIA;

EID: 84860531852     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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