Polybrominated diphenyl ether contamination in soil, vegetation, and cow milk from a high-mountain pasture in the italian alps

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-44

  Parolini, Marco ^a   Guazzoni, Niccolò ^a   Binelli, Andrea ^a   Tremolada, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASS; PASTURE; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEASONALITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; GRASS; MILK; MOUNTAINEERING; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ITALY; MILK; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; POACEAE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ALPS; ITALY;

BOS; POACEAE;

EID: 84865737752     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-012-9753-8     Document Type: Article

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