Declining trends of PCDD/Fs in lichens over a decade in a Mediterranean area with multiple pollution sources

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 508, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-100

  Augusto, Sofia ^a,e   Pinho, Pedro ^a,b   Santos, Artur ^a   Botelho, Maria João ^c   Palma Oliveira, José ^c,d   Branquinho, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c Secil Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality; Biomonitors; Dioxins and furans; Industrial; Lichens; POPs; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LAND USE; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIOMONITORS; DIOXINS AND FURANS; INDUSTRIAL; LICHENS; POPS; URBAN;

FUNGI;

FUEL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; DIOXIN; FURAN; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LICHEN; PCDD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIRE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAND USE; LICHEN (ORGANISM); NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTHERN EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84912084286     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.065     Document Type: Article

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