Chronological trends of emission, environmental level and human exposure of POPs over the last 10years (1999-2010) in Korea: Implication to science and policy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1346-1361

  Kim, Seung Kyu ^a   Yoon, Junheon ^b  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Existing and emerging POPs; Half lives; Inter media transport; Long term monitoring program; Multiple compartments; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTION;

EXISTING AND EMERGING POPS; HALF LIVES; INTER-MEDIA TRANSPORT; LONG TERM MONITORING; MULTIPLE COMPARTMENTS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

MONITORING;

ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIBENZOFURAN; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOLOGY; EMISSION CONTROL; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH KOREA; TREND STUDY; WATER POLLUTION;

KOREA;

PISCES;

EXISTING AND EMERGING POPS; HALF-LIVES; INTER-MEDIA TRANSPORT; LONG-TERM MONITORING PROGRAM; MULTIPLE COMPARTMENTS; TEMPORAL TREND;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84891735636     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.031     Document Type: Article

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