Levels of pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in selected homes in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1140, Issue , 2008, Pages 91-112

  Pentamwa, Prapat ^a   Oanh, Nguyen Thi Kim ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Homes; I O ratios; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; POPs; Pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOME ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

EID: 54949118313     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1454.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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