Persistent organic pollutants in the atmosphere from urban and industrial environments in the Rhine Valley: PCBs, PCDD/Fs

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3852-3862

  Guéguen, Florence ^a   Stille, Peter ^a   Millet, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Industrial emissions; Passive air samplers; PCBs; PCDD Fs

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

FRANCE; GERMANY; RHINE RIVER; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 84878113754     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1328-8     Document Type: Article

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