Toxaphene residues from cotton fields in soils and in the coastal environment of Nicaragua

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 627-636

  Carvalho, F P ^a,c   Montenegro Guillen S ^b   Villeneuve, J P ^a   Cattini, C ^a   Tolosa, I ^a   Bartocci, J ^a   Lacayo Romero, M ^b   Cruz Granja, A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Bioaccumulation; Dietary intake; Toxaphene; Tropical coastal lagoons

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COTTON; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOILS; TISSUE;

LAGOON SEDIMENTS;

PESTICIDES;

CAMPHECLOR; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOACCUMULATION; COTTON; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; NICARAGUA; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

ANADARA; BIVALVIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GOSSYPIUM; NICARAGUA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXAPHENE;

EID: 0642311352     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00451-X     Document Type: Article

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