Contamination of vegetables of different seasons with organophosphorous pesticides and related health risk assessment in northern India

Chemosphere

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Bhanti, Mayank ^a   Taneja, Ajay ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acceptable daily intakes (ADI) and maximum residue limits; Health risk; Residual concentration

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CROPS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; PESTICIDES;

HEALTH RISK ASSOCIATED; ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS; RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHLORPYRIFOS; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION METHYL; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CROPS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CROP YIELD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VEGETABLE; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547504784     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.04.071     Document Type: Article

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