Residues of DDT and HCH pesticides in rice samples from different geographical regions of India: A multicentre study

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 933-939

  Toteja, G S ^a   Mukherjee, A ^a   Diwakar, S ^a   Singh, P ^a   Saxena, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Contamination; DDT; HCH; Rice; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOMERISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DDT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; LINDANE; ORYZA SATIVA; PESTICIDE RESIDUES;

EID: 0242659097     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030310001600939     Document Type: Article

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