Occurrence of perfluorinated compounds in the aquatic environment as found in science park effluent, river water, rainwater, sediments, and biotissues

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3265-3275

  Lin, Angela Yu Chen ^a   Panchangam, Sri Chandana ^b   Tsai, Yu Ting ^a   Yu, Tsung Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Fish; Industrial WWTP; Perfluorinated compounds; Sediment; Water

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FISH; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; TISSUE; WATER;

INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; INDUSTRIAL WWTP; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

SEDIMENTS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXYL SULFONATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; RAIN; RIVER WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFONATE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CATFISH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FISH; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; TAIWAN; TILAPIA; TISSUES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

KEELUNG RIVER; TAIWAN;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CAPRYLATES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; RAIN; RIVERS; TAIWAN; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84898845678     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3617-9     Document Type: Article

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