Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls in the environment: Sources, fate, and toxicities

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6334-6345

  Tehrani, Rouzbeh ^a   Van Aken, Benoit ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic degradation; Biodegradation; Environmental fate; Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls; PCB metabolites; Persistent organic pollutants; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METABOLITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA;

POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROXYLATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROXYLATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84900860045     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1742-6     Document Type: Article

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