Occurrence of three pesticides in community water supplies, Kenya

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 601-608

  Mwanthi, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; CHLORPHENOTANE; COPPER OXYCHLORIDE; CYPERMETHRINE; DRINKING WATER; FENTHION; MALATHION; MANCOZEB; PESTICIDE; PROPINEB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CARBARYL; CARBOFURAN; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031981967     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900668     Document Type: Article

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