Fate of pesticides in Calcutta's municipal solid waste: Effect of composting

Ambio

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 647-648

  Pal, R ^a   Bhattacharyya, P ^b   Chakrabarti, K ^a   Chakraborty, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology   (India)

^c BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PESTICIDE;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 31544460088     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.8.647     Document Type: Short Survey

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