PMID- 29989744
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180806
LR  - 20180806
IS  - 0254-8704 (Print)
IS  - 0254-8704 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 5 Spec No
DP  - 2016 Sep
TI  - Geographical distribution of persistent organic pollutants in the environment: A 
      review.
PG  - 1125-1134
AB  - The sources, distribution, transformation, toxicity and accumulation of 
      persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems have 
      attracted global concern and attention over the last several decades. Although, 
      POPs are toxic, degrade slowly and have a tendency to accumulate in the food 
      chain, they are still widely used worldwide in many fields, such as industrial 
      and agricultural activities. In addition, discharge of POPs into waterways may 
      lead to serious health-related and environmental problems. This review provides 
      an overview of the continental distributions of many types of POPs and the health 
      risks associated with the exposure to POPs in daily life. This review also 
      discusses the distribution of POPs in Malaysia, and the future work that will be 
      conducted in the Klang River, one of the basins subjected to pollution due to 
      development and urbanization.
FAU - Batool, Samavia
AU  - Batool S
FAU - Rashid, Sharifah Ab
AU  - Rashid SA
FAU - Moah, Mohd Jamil
AU  - Moah MJ
FAU - Sarfraz, Maliha
AU  - Sarfraz M
FAU - Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel
AU  - Ashraf MA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - J Environ Biol
JT  - Journal of environmental biology
JID - 8300544
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*chemistry
MH  - Environmental Pollution/analysis
MH  - *Environmental Restoration and Remediation
MH  - Food Chain
MH  - Humans
MH  - Molecular Structure
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*chemistry
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - South America
EDAT- 2016/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 2016/09/01 00:01
CRDT- 2018/07/11 06:00
PHST- 2018/07/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/09/01 00:01 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Biol. 2016 Sep;37(5 Spec No):1125-1134.