Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in air, soil, and cereal crops along the two tributaries of River Chenab, Pakistan: Concentrations, distribution, and screening level risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 596-604

  Mahmood, Adeel ^a   Syed, Jabir Hussain ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a   Zheng, Qian ^b   Cheng, Zhineng ^b   Li, Jun ^b   Zhang, Gan ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Air; Cereal crops; PCBs; Risk assessment; River Chenab; Soil

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CROPS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOILS;

CEREAL CROP; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; PCB CONCENTRATION; PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; HEALTH RISK; PCB; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CROP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WHEAT;

CHENAB RIVER; PAKISTAN;

AIR; CEREAL CROPS; PCBS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER CHENAB; SOIL;

ATMOSPHERE; CEREALS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PAKISTAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL;

EID: 84896051499     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.074     Document Type: Article

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