Distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and toxic equivalency of dioxin-like PCB congeners in rural soils of Beijing, China

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-19

  Wu, S ^a,b   Xia, X H ^a   Zhang, S W ^a   Liu, Q ^a   Xu, L ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Rural soil; Spatial distribution; Toxic equivalency

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FOOD SAFETY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; PCB; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84867564951     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201200216     Document Type: Article

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