Organochlorine pesticides in elementary school yards along the Texas-Mexico border

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Miersma, Nick A ^a   Pepper, Christopher B ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DDE; Pesticides; POPs; School yards; Soil; Texas Mexico border

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MALARIA CONTROL; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOIL POLLUTION;

PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP);

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; HEPTACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

CHILD HEALTH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; MEXICO; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SAMPLE; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

MEXICO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038691693     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00126-X     Document Type: Article

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