PMID- 20152382
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100518
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1873-3573 (Electronic)
IS  - 0039-9140 (Linking)
VI  - 80
IP  - 5
DP  - 2010 Mar 15
TI  - An overview on the accumulation, distribution, transformations, toxicity and 
      analytical methods for the monitoring of persistent organic pollutants.
PG  - 1587-97
LID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.09.055 [doi]
AB  - Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest in developing low cost and reliable 
      methods for the detection and precise determination of ultra-trace concentrations 
      of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), because of their bioaccumulation, 
      transformation and toxicity. Therefore, a comprehensive review with 108 
      references referring to the distribution, source, accumulation, transformation, 
      types and toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine 
      pesticides (OCPs) is presented. The review also aims to highlight on the current 
      best practices for the analysis of PCBs and OCPs. Moreover, with the signing of 
      the Stockholm convention on POPs and the development of global monitoring 
      programs, there is an increased need for laboratories in developing countries to 
      determine such class of chemicals. A major focus revealed the need for low cost 
      methods that can be implemented easily in developing countries such as 
      electrochemical techniques.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2009. Published by Elsevier B.V.
FAU - El-Shahawi, M S
AU  - El-Shahawi MS
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 
      80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. mohammad_el_shahawi@hotmail.com
FAU - Hamza, A
AU  - Hamza A
FAU - Bashammakh, A S
AU  - Bashammakh AS
FAU - Al-Saggaf, W T
AU  - Al-Saggaf WT
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20091002
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Talanta
JT  - Talanta
JID - 2984816R
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*adverse effects/*analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*adverse effects/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/adverse effects/analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/adverse effects/analysis
RF  - 108
EDAT- 2010/02/16 06:00
MHDA- 2010/05/19 06:00
CRDT- 2010/02/16 06:00
PHST- 2009/07/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/09/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/09/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/02/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/02/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/05/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0039-9140(09)00762-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.09.055 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Talanta. 2010 Mar 15;80(5):1587-97. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.09.055. Epub 2009 
      Oct 2.