Levels, distribution profile, and risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in water and sediment from two tributaries of the River Chenab, Pakistan

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7847-7855

  Mahmood, Adeel ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a   Li, Jun ^b   Zhang, Gan ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution pattern; Nullah Aik and Palkhu; Pakistan; PCBs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PCB; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATE ROLE;

CHENAB RIVER;

TETRA;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PAKISTAN; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PAKISTAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902548393     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2730-1     Document Type: Article

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