Evaluation of the pesticide contamination of groundwater sampled over two years from a vulnerable zone in Portugal

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 6227-6235

  Gonçalves, Carlos M ^a   Da Silva, Joaquim C G Esteves ^a   Alpendurada, Maria F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto da Agua da Regiao Norte Matosinhos   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endosulfan; Environmental monitoring; Groundwater; Lindane; Multivariate analysis; Pendimethalin; Pesticides; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PORTUGAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDES; PORTUGAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34547748511     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf063663u     Document Type: Article

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