Organochlorine pesticide contamination in surface water, sediment, and air precipitation of Lake Victoria basin, East Africa

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 960-967

  Nyangababo, J T ^a   Henry, L ^b   Omutange, E ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER;

AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 30544455518     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0843-4     Document Type: Article

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