Status and trend of butyltin contamination in Masan Bay, Korea

Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-53

  Kim, Nam Sook ^a   Ha, Sung Yong ^a   An, Joon Geon ^a   Yim, Un Hyuk ^a   Hong, Sang Hee ^a   Kim, Moonkoo ^a   Kannan, Narayanan ^a   Shim, Won Joon ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Sediment; Sediment core; Sewage effluent; Tributyltin; Water

Indexed keywords

BUTYLTIN; DIBUTYLTIN; SEA WATER; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; KOREA; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84864594026     PISSN: 20059752     EISSN: 22337784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13530-011-0077-2     Document Type: Article

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