Contamination of rivers in Tianjin, China by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-111

  Shi, Z ^a   Tao, S ^a   Pan, B ^a   Fan, W ^a   He, X C ^a   Zuo, Q ^a   Wu, S P ^a   Li, B G ^a   Cao, J ^a   Liu, W X ^a   Xu, F L ^a   Wang, X J ^a   Shen, W R ^b   Wong, P K ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

PAHs; Sediment; SPM; Tianjin; Water

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TOPSOIL;

COAL COMBUSTION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

PAH; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DRY WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANJIN; WORLD;

EID: 9744260311     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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