Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in air, grass and yak butter from Namco in the central Tibetan Plateau

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 201, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-57

  Wang, Chuanfei ^a,b,c   Wang, Xiaoping ^a,b   Yuan, Xiaohua ^d   Ren, Jiao ^a,c   Gong, Ping ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air butter transfer factor (TFA:B); Bioaccumulation; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Tibetan Plateau (TP)

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHAINS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; FOOD CHAIN; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRANSFER FACTOR;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; 2,2',3',4,4',5-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; AIR POLLUTANT; BETA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BUTTER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; LINDANE; PESTICIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD CHAIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOACCUMULATION; BUTTER; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; GRASS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PASTURELAND; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; YAK; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

BOS GRUNNIENS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BUTTER; CATTLE; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; PESTICIDES; POACEAE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIBET;

EID: 84924294803     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.02.037     Document Type: Article

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