Adsorbents for pesticide uptake from contaminated water: A review

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 839-850

  Srivastava, Bhavana ^a   Jhelum, Vishal ^a   Basu, D D ^b   Patanjali, P K ^a  

^a Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology   (India)

^b CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorbents; Pesticides; Wastewaters

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED WATER; LABORATORY STUDIES;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; DATA PROCESSING; LABORATORY METHOD; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 72949108682     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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