Selected organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in urban atmosphere of Pakistan: Concentration, spatial variation and sources

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2610-2618

  Nasir, Jawad ^a,b,c   Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^a   Wang, Chuanfei ^a   Joswiak, Daniel R ^a   Rehman, Said ^c   Lodhi, Arifa ^c   Shafiq, Shoaib ^c   Jilani, Rehmatullah ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); TOXICOLOGICAL IMPACT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; AIR POLLUTANT; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; INSECTICIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; MEGACITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOXICOLOGY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAKISTAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; PAKISTAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84895551910     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404711n     Document Type: Article

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