Levels and sources of phthalate esters in shallow groundwater and surface water of Dongguan city, South China

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 421-428

  Huang, Guanxing ^a   Sun, Jichao ^a   Chen, Zongyu ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Jing, Jihong ^a   Liu, Jingtao ^a   Zhang, Yuxi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dongguan city; groundwater; groundwater table; phthalate esters; surface water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984805372     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0172     Document Type: Article

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