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Spatio-temporal assessment of the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) sediment contamination in four major French river corridors (1945-2018)

1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1. Data collection on the studied rivers
2.2. Analysis and quality control
2.3. River system characterisation
2.4. Time series analysis and specific flux
3. Results
3.1. Comparability of the results from different sediment matrices
3.2. River and environmental settings
3.3. Land use and population
3.4. PCB pollution along the studied rivers
4. Discussion
4.1. Temporal trends of the PCB contamination in the main French rivers
4.2 Spatio-temporal distribution of the PCB contamination and implications for biota
4.3. Specific ?PCBi flux and worldwide comparison
5. Data availability
6. Conclusions
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