Monitoring of persistent organic pollutants in Africa. Part 1: Passive air sampling across the continent in 2008

• Authors: KLÁNOVÁ Jana; ČUPR Pavel; HOLOUBEK Ivan; BORŮVKOVÁ Jana; KAREŠ Radovan; TOMŠEJ Tomáš; OCELKA Tomáš
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of Environmental Monitoring
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Air pollution and control
• Keywords: samplers
• Description: A 6-month air sampling survey was conducted at 26 sites across the African continent with the aim to establish baseline information on contamination of ambient air with persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as a reference for future monitoring programs in the region.

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