Assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in West African city farms: Banjul and Dakar case study

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-179

  Manirakiza, P ^a   Akinbamijo, O ^b   Covaci, A ^a   Pitonzo, R ^c   Schepens, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

DDT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETABLE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; CITIES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAMBIA; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SENEGAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037307727     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-002-2006-5     Document Type: Article

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