Pesticide residues serum and blood samples of the people of Karachi

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-244

  Naqvi, S N H ^a,b   Jahan, Masarrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood; Pesticide; Residues; Serum

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; DIELDRIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLORINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032844602     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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