Organochlorine pesticide residues in ground water of Thiruvallur district, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 209-215

  Jayashree, R ^a   Vasudevan, N ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ground water; India; Organochlorine pesticides; Thiruvallur district

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; PESTICIDES;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINES CONTAMINATIONS; THIRUVALLUR DISTRICT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; GROUND WATER; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HCH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; SEASHORE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUVALLUR;

EID: 34247866348     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9306-6     Document Type: Article

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