Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in grass, yak muscle, liver, and milk in Ruoergai high altitude prairie, the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 491-492, Issue , 2014, Pages 131-137

  Pan, Jing ^a   Gai, Nan ^a   Tang, Hua ^b   Chen, Shu ^a   Chen, Dazhou ^b   Lu, Guohui ^a   Yang, Yongliang ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

OCPs; PCBs; Ruoergai plateau; Yak milk; Yak muscle

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MUSCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES;

ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKES; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; OCPS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); RUOERGAI PLATEAU; YAK MILKS; EASTERN EDGE; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; PCB 138; PCB 180; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD SAFETY; GRASS; HEALTH HAZARD; LIVER; MILK; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; YAK; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASSLAND; METABOLISM; POACEAE; POLLUTANT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

BOS GRUNNIENS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GRASSLAND; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIVER; MILK; MUSCLES; PESTICIDES; POACEAE; TIBET;

EID: 84903523090     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.074     Document Type: Article

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