Bulk atmospheric deposition of persistent toxic substances (PTS) along environmental gradients in Brazil

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2046-2053

  Meire, Rodrigo Ornellas ^a   Targino, Admir Créso ^b   Torres, João Paulo Machado ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Brazil; Environment gradients; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Persistent toxic substances (PTS)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOAM; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMER; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLER; SUBURBAN AREA; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL;

TETRA;

EID: 84875522523     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1072-0     Document Type: Article

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