Persistent organochlorine pesticide residues in soil and surface water of northern Iondo-Gangetic alluvial plains

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 147-155

  Singh, Kunwar P ^a   Malik, Amrita ^a   Sinha, Sarita ^b  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alluvial; Distribution; Indo Gangetic; Organochlorine pesticides residues; Plains; Soil; Surface water

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; METABOLITES; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

PESTICIDES;

ALDRIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; INSECTICIDE;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; ISOMER; METABOLITE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34247643990     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9247-0     Document Type: Article

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