Organochlorine pesticides in the lower reaches of Yangtze River: Occurrence, ecological risk and temporal trends

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-97

  Tang, Zhenwu ^a,b   Huang, Qifei ^b   Yang, Yufei ^b   Zhu, Xiaohua ^b   Fu, Haihui ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution; Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs); Risk; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

BIS(CHLOROPHENYL) 1 CHLOROETHYLENE; BIS(CHLOROPHENYL)METHANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICHLOROBENZOPHENONE; DICOFOL; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLORDANE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DETECTION METHOD; ENDOSULFAN; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; METABOLITE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TREND STUDY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84869889283     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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