Distribution and risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the remote air and soil of Manipur, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3955-3967

  Devi, Ningombam Linthoingambi ^a,b   Yadav, Ishwar Chandra ^c   Shihua, Qi ^a   Chakraborty, Paromita ^c   Dan, Yang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR   (India)

^c SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Back trajectory analysis; Manipur; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Principal component analysis; Toxicity equivalent

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; URBAN GROWTH;

BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; MANIPUR; METROPOLITAN CITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84920258657     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3284-8     Document Type: Article

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