Background levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in soils from Mount Meru area, Arusha district (Tanzania)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 253-261

  Parolini, Marco ^a   Guazzoni, Niccolò ^a   Comolli, Roberto ^b   Binelli, Andrea ^a   Tremolada, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mountain soils; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Tanzania

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MOUNTAIN SOILS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TANZANIA;

DISTILLATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; DISTILLATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; ORGANIC CARBON; PBDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DILUTION; DISTILLATION; FOREST SOIL; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAVANNA; SOIL POLLUTION; TANZANIA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; MOUNT MERU; TANZANIA;

TETRA;

ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84875579566     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.069     Document Type: Article

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