Residues of pesticides in grains locally grown in Saudi Arabia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 451-459

  Al Saleh, I ^a   Al Doush, I ^a   Echeverria Quevedo, A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHOATE; FLUORENE; MALATHION; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TRIADIMEFON;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA;

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DIMETHOATE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; MALATHION; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRIAZOLES; TRITICUM;

EID: 0032875857     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289901001     Document Type: Article

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