Occurrence of pesticides in groundwater and topsoil of the Gaza Strip

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 237-251

  Shomar, B H ^a   Muller G ^a   Yahya, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gaza; Groundwater; Pesticides; Soil

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GREENHOUSES; GROUNDWATER; PESTICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS;

GAZA; MUNICIPAL GROUNDWATER WELLS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; STRAWBERRY GREENHOUSES;

AGRICULTURE;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; CHLORIDE; CHLORPHENOTANE; GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE; PROPAZINE; SEBUTYLAZINE; SIMAZINE; TERBUTYLAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GREENHOUSES; GROUNDWATER; PESTICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS;

AQUIFER; CLAY; CORRELATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; PESTICIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL; WELL;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MONITORING; PRECIPITATION; SAMPLING; SAND; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARDIZATION; STRAWBERRY; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; BIOCIDES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 33645835385     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-9038-1     Document Type: Article

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