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Table 1 Different environmentally important chemicals 1) and their occurrence (in number of articles) in selected periodicals as registered by SciFinder and WoS between the years 2000-2009

From: Identification of environmentally relevant chemicals in bibliographic databases: a comparative analysis

Substance

CAS nr

Journal

WoS/tp

SciFinder/rn

MTBE or methyl-tert-butyl-ether

1634-04-4

Environmental Science and Technology

113

141

Benzene

71-43-2

Environmental Science and Technology

281

375

TBT or tributyltin

36643-28-4

Chemosphere

63

422)

Bisphenol A

80-05-7

Chemosphere

124

104

Mercury or Hg

7439-97-6

Environmental. Science and Technology

5904)

489

DES or diethylstillbestrol

56-53-1

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

7

15

DBCP or 1,2 dibromo-3-chloropropane

96-12-8

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

3

3

PCE or perchlorethylene3)

127-18-4

Environmental Science and Technology

1494)

242

Fluoranthene

206-44-0

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

81

214

Pyrene

129-00-0

Chemosphere

219

345

Polypropylene5)

9003-07-0

Polymer Degradation and Stability

504

192

Polystyrene

9003-53-6

Environmental Science and Technology

51

34

  1. tp=topic, rn=registry number, nr=number.
  2. 1) From: ‘European Environmental Agency (2001) Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000, Copenhagen’ and the polymers: polypropylene and polystyrene.
  3. 2) Includes the chloride (1461-22-9).
  4. 3) Also tetrachlorethylene and PCE.
  5. 4) May include some false hits as the abbreviations have other meanings.
  6. 5) Also polypropene.