Impacts of urbanization on surface sediment quality: Evidence from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contaminations in the Grand Canal of China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1352-1363

  Hong, Youwei ^a   Yu, Shen ^a   Yu, Guangbin ^a,b   Liu, Yi ^a,b   Li, Guilin ^a   Wang, Min ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; PAHs; PCBs; Source apportionment; Surface sediment; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KUZNETS CURVE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SMALL TOWN; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; URBAN SITE; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; EXHAUST GAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; CITIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBANIZATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CHINA; GRAND CANAL;

EID: 84863216479     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0623-0     Document Type: Article

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