Pesticide residue in the food chain and human body inside Pakistan

Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-291

  Zia, Muhammad Sharif ^a   Khan, Muhammad Jamil ^a   Qasim, Muhammad ^a   Rahman, Abdul ^b  

^a GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

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EID: 70349222720     PISSN: 02535106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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