title: Dioxin (PCDD/F) in the river Elbe--investigations of their origin by multivariate statistical methods.
abstract: With several multivariate statistical methods a classification of dioxin data has been tried. As a main result one significant source of dioxin in the river Elbe, in the harbour of Hamburg as well as in soils of the flooding areas of the river Elbe could be identified: the dioxin contaminated region Bitterfeld. Our statistical results indicate that the dioxin contamination in the Bitterfeld region was caused partly by metallurgy processes and not only by chemical production.
authors.affiliation: Behörde für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Landwirtschaft, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Friesel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Walkow
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maass
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reincke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stachel
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D002617:Chemical Industry; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D005858:Germany; D008669:Metallurgy; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical