Estimation of uncertainty in the sampling and analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated soil in Brighton, UK

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-171

  Zhou, John L ^a   Siddiqui, Ertan ^b   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanced sampling design; Contaminated soil; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Soil guideline values; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BALANCED SAMPLINGS; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GUIDELINE VALUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); UNCERTAINTY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GUIDELINE; PAH; PCB; SAMPLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM ERROR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREND STUDY; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM; ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; SOIL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRIGHTON; BRIGHTON AND HOVE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84905855925     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.097     Document Type: Article

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