Pesticide residues in Rawal Lake, Islamabad, Pakistan

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 463-470

  Ahad, K ^a   Mohammad, A ^a   Mehboob, F ^a   Sattar, A ^a   Ahmad, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INSECTICIDES; PAKISTAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33646474971     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-0944-8     Document Type: Article

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