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Organic chlorine compounds in lake sediments. IV. Dioxins, furans and related chloroaromatic compounds

Jaana KoistinenJukka SärkkäJaakko Paasivirta

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Environmental EngineeringChemistryHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthchemistry.chemical_elementGeneral MedicineGeneral ChemistryPollutionSoil contaminationIndustrial waste waterDioxins furansEnvironmental chemistryChlorineEnvironmental Chemistry

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Abstract Polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorodibenzofurans (PCDFs), polychloronaphthalenes (PCNs) and coplanar PCBs were measured in surface sediments from 18 lake areas in Central Finland. Toxic 2, 3, 7, 8-substituted PCDD and PCDF congeners occurred at low levels (

https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535(90)90041-q