Variation of plant p,p'-DDT uptake with age and soil type and dependence of dissipation on temperature

Environment International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-487

  Kiflom, Welderufael G ^a   Wandiga, Shem O ^a   Ng'ang'a, Peter K ^a   Kamau, Geoffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CROPS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DDT UPTAKE; DISSIPATION;

PESTICIDES;

CARBON 14; CHLORPHENOTANE; RADIOISOTOPE; WATER;

DDT; PLANT; SOIL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

AGE; ARTICLE; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALF LIFE TIME; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033136857     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(99)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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