Concentrations and geographic distribution of selected organic pollutants in Scottish surface soils

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-27

  Rhind, S M ^a   Kyle, C E ^a   Kerr, C ^a   Osprey, M ^a   Zhang, Z L ^a   Duff, E I ^b   Lilly, A ^a   Nolan, A ^a   Hudson, G ^a   Towers, W ^a   Bell, J ^a   Coull, M ^a   McKenzie, C ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diethylhexyl phthalate; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Geographic variation; Persistent organic pollutants; Soil

Indexed keywords

DI-ETHYL-HEXYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH);

ESTERS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CARBON; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENANTHRENE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION TYPE; WET DEPOSITION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PH; PRESSURISED LIQUID EXTRACTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOIL;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SCOTLAND; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WEATHER;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880900028     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.06.041     Document Type: Article

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