Twenty years of monitoring of persistent organic pollutants in Greenland biota. A review

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 217, Issue , 2016, Pages 114-123

  Riget F ^a   Vorkamp, K ^a   Bossi, R ^a   Sonne, C ^a   Letcher, R J ^b   Dietz, R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biota; Greenland; Persistent organic pollutants; Statistical power; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; TIME SERIES;

BIOTA; GREENLAND; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); STATISTICAL POWER; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIOTA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOTA; GREENLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONITORING; POLLUTANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ARCTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TIME FACTOR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREENLAND; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84961127853     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.11.006     Document Type: Article

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