The Fate of Chloroacetanilide Herbicides and Their Degradation Products in the Nzoia Basin, Kenya

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 424-427

  Osano, Odipo ^a   Nzyuko, Daniel ^b   Tole, Mwakio ^b   Admiraal, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR; DEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

KENYA; NZOIA RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0142059816     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.6.424     Document Type: Article

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43. First submitted 4 March 2002. Revised manuscript received 18 Sept. 2002. Accepted for publication after revision 19 Sept. 2002.