A review of environmental and human exposure to persistent organic pollutants in the Pearl River Delta, South China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 1093-1110

  Zhang, Kai ^a,b   Wei, Yan Li ^a,b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Ecological risk; Environmental occurrence; Human health implications; Pearl River Delta; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCE; HUMAN HEALTH; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH RISKS; RIVER POLLUTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

DDD; DDE; DDT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HCH; HEALTH RISK; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONG KONG; MACAO; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGICAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCE; HUMAN HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHINA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; LINDANE; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84883599214     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.104     Document Type: Review

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