The legacy of persistent organic pollutants in Azerbaijan: An assessment of past use and current contamination

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1993-2008

  Aliyeva, Gulchohra ^a   Halsall, Crispin ^a   Alasgarova, Khoshgadam ^b   Avazova, Matanat ^c   Ibrahimov, Yaqub ^b   Aghayeva, Roya ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan Republic   (Azerbaijan)

^c Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Republic   (Azerbaijan)

^d BAKU STATE UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Chemical usage; Legacy contaminants; Organochlorine pesticides; Sediments; Soils

Indexed keywords

DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRESHWATER INPUT; HCH; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WILD POPULATION;

AZERBAIJAN;

EID: 84875500396     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1076-9     Document Type: Article

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