Distribution of linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) in riverine and coastal environments in South and Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Isobe, Kei O., Zakaria, Mohamad P., Chiem, Nguyen H., Minh, Le Y., Prudente, Maricar S., Boonyatumanond, Ruchaya, Saha, Mahua, Sarkar, Santosh, Takada, Hideshige
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2004
• Subjects: Water—Pollution > South Asia; Water—Pollution > Southeast Asia; Environmental Sciences; Water Resource Management
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3478; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4480/type/native/viewcontent/j.watres.2004.02.009
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper reports the result of sewage pollution monitoring conducted in South and Southeast Asia during 1998-2003 using linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) as molecular tracers of sewage contamination. Eighty-nine water samples collected from Malaysia, Vietnam, and Japan (Tokyo), and 161 surface sediment...