Residues of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides in organically-farmed vegetables

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-553

  Zohair, Azza ^a   Salim, Abou Bakr ^b   Soyibo, Adeola A ^c   Beck, Angus J ^c  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrots; OCPs; Organic farms; PAHs; PCBs; Potatoes

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CARROTS; ORGANIC FARMS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCP); POTATOES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PCB; PLANT; POLLUTANT; POTATO; SOIL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARROT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POTATO; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

BIOCIDES; CONCENTRATION; FARM CROPS; PLANTS; POLLUTION; SOIL;

DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33645744090     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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