Organochlorine compounds in pine needles from Croatia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 838-841

  Romanić, Snježana Herceg ^a   Klinčic, Darija ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; OCPs; PCBs; POPs

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; CROATIA; DRY WEIGHT; OCPS; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCBS; PINE NEEDLE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POPS;

AIR POLLUTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

NEEDLES;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PINE; PLANT LEAF; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84861939292     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0575-1     Document Type: Article

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