Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Africa: A review of environmental levels

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6278-6289

  Gioia, Rosalinda ^a,b   Akindele, Abidemi James ^c   Adebusoye, Sunday Adekunle ^c   Asante, Kwadwo Ansong ^d,e   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^d   Buekens, Alfons ^f   Sasco, Annie J ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; PCBs in Africa; PCBs in e waste; PCBs waste management

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FISH; LITERATURE REVIEW; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SOIL;

AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOREMEDIATION; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; METABOLISM; POLLUTION; SOIL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL;

EID: 84900864796     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1739-1     Document Type: Article

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