Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in air and soil across Azerbaijan

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1953-1962

  Aliyeva, Gulchohra ^a   Kurkova, Romana ^b   Hovorkova, Ivana ^b   Klánová, Jana ^b   Halsall, Crispin ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Contaminated soil; Fugacity; Passive air sampling; Volatilisation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COTTON; CULTIVATION; FOAM; FUGACITY; MITIGATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMER; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VINEYARD; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AZERBAIJAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

AZERBAIJAN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84864076927     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0944-7     Document Type: Article

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