Imidacloprid residues in fruits, vegetables and water samples from Palestine

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Daraghmeh, Ayman ^a   Shraim, Amjad ^b,c   Abulhaj, Sameer ^d   Sansour, Ramzi ^d   Ng, Jack C ^c  

^a Central Public Health Laboratory   (Palestine)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d The Centre of Environmental Health   (Palestine)

Author keywords

1 (6 Chloro 3 pyridylmethyl) N nitroimidazolidin 2 ylideneamine; 6 Chloronicotinic acid; Pesticides; West Bank

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; WATER;

ACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUIT; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; VEGETABLE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; MIDDLE EAST; POLLUTANT; VEGETABLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE EAST; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; VEGETABLES; WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE; WEST BANK;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 33846708588     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9060-2     Document Type: Article

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