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Persistent Organic Pollutants
Environmental Behavior and Pathways of Human Exposure
ISBN/EAN: 9780792372271
Umbreit-Nr.: 1585889
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: ix, 272 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 30.11.2000
- Zusatztext
- InhaltsangabeList of Contributors. Preface. 1. Budget and Source Inventories: Issues and Challenges; G.H. Eduljee. 2. Atmospheric Fate and Behaviour; M.F. Simcik. 3. Transfer of POPs into Vegetation: Mechanisms and Implications; G.M. Currado, S. Harrad. 4. Transport and Fate in Food Animals; G.F. Fries. 5. Human Exposure and Fate; A.K.D. Liem, C.E.J. Cuijpers, M.J. Zeilmaker. 6. Assessing Bioaccumulation Factors of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Aquatic Food-Chains; F.A.P.C. Gobas. 7. Temporal Trends in Environmental Contamination; G. Sanders. 8. Long-Range Transport: Implications for Polar Regions; C.J. Halsall. 9. An Eastern European Perspective; I. Holoubek. Index.
- Kurztext
- This volume focuses on the sources, atmospheric behaviour, terrestrial and aquatic food chain transfer, and human exposure and fate aspects of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which continue to be of concern to the public, as well as the scientific and policy-making communities.